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The intimate Mass led by Pope Francis marked a historic moment — the first opening of a jubilee Holy Door within a prison.

(photo: Vatican Media / VM) Courtney Mares/CNA Vatican December 26, 2024 From inside the walls of Rome ... the world,” he said. The outside of Rome’s Rebibbia Prison Complex on the feast ...