ROME – Although Pope Francis is observing a two-month period of rest after a 38-day hospitalisation he ventured out twice yesterday - once to greet hospital staff who cared for him, and once to greet prisoners amid Holy Week.
On Holy Thursday the Pope, who usually visits a prison, or a centre for migrants or the disabled, to celebrate Mass of the Lord’s Supper and wash the feet of inmates, paid a private visit to Rome’s Regina Coeli prison.
The facility is one of the city’s largest and most known prisons and is home to some 1,098 detainees.
