VATICAN CITY (RNS) — As Pope Francis remains hospitalized at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Italian prisoners are praying for ...

Lent should never be reduced to a mere ritual or observance. It’s about deepening our relationship with the Lord, walking ...

Former Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino could start working at the Vatican if a Rome court grants him parole at a ...

A Rome court on Tuesday postponed a hearing to consider a request by former Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino to be ...

Next Tuesday, the doors of semi-freedom could open for Francesco Schettino. The former captain of the Costa Concordia, ...

By Jay Root and Jan Ransom An inmate at a New York State prison was pronounced dead on Saturday after being found unresponsive in his cell, state officials said. The inmate, Jonathan Grant ...

Pope Francis marked a historic moment by celebrating Mass at Rebibbia Prison on the feast of St Stephen, the first Christian martyr. The Mass on December 26, 2024, celebrated the opening of the ...

UTICA — A 10th New York state prison guard was arraigned Monday on murder and other charges in the fatal beating of an inmate two months ago in a Central New York prison. The officer ...

A Hawaii man was freed after spending 30 years in prison for a murder he says he did not commit, and some of the first things he did after his release was enjoy a steak dinner and visit his mother ...

A UK prison officer has been jailed for 12 months after she admitted to having an "inappropriate" relationship with an inmate. Toni Cole, who worked at HMP Five Wells in Wellingborough ...

Rome, September 20 - A woman inmate at Rome's Rebibbia prison who killed her two children earlier this week had been reported to authorities for "a worrying intolerance" towards them, penitentiary ...

DANNEMORA — Day six of the statewide correction officers strike saw massive crowds outside Clinton Correctional Facility supporting the work action on Saturday. “I’ve been talking to ...