Pope Francis marked the feast day of the first martyr, St. Stephen, by visiting a prison and highlighting that Christians are still being persecuted for their faith.
“Unfortunately today there are still, in various parts of the world, many men and women who are persecuted, at times up to death, because of the Gospel,” the pontiff said during his Angelus address in St. Peter’s Square on 26 December.
The Pope gave his Angelus address after returning from the Rebibbia New Complex Prison in Rome, where he opened a Holy Door for the Jubilee Year.
