On Thursday, Pope Francis visited the prison of Regina Coeli in the Roman district of Trastevere south of the Vatican. On Green Thursday he met approximately 70 prisoners and after the prayer of each of them personally greeted. He told the prisoners that he could not wash their feet as it is usually during this holiday, but he said he was praying for these prisoners and their families. TASR reports, according to reports of ANSA and AP, according to reports.
In previous years, the Pope attended the Green Thursday prisons and carried out a ceremony of washing his feet as a reminder of Jesus, which, according to Christian teaching, washed at the last dinner of the feet with a 12 apostle. Thursday’s visit took about 30 minutes and Francis did not need oxygen administered by nasal cannula.
“Every year I like to do what Jesus on Green Thursday, Washing Legs, In prison,” He told the Pope to the prisoners. “I can’t do this this year, but I can and I want to be close to you. I pray for you and your families,” he added.
The Pope also spoke to journalists in front of the prison. “Every time I enter one of these places, I ask myself: Why are they and not me?” He said František. When asked how Easter will experience, he answered, “As I can.” František is currently recovering for 38 days of hospitalization during which In the Roman hospital he fought with a life -threatening bilateral pneumonia. According to the schedule published by the Vatican, the ceremonies of the Easter three -day are to be led by selected cardinals.
The AP claims that the fact that the Pope has done his traditional visit to Green Thursday despite his health status, was a clear sign of what meaning Francis attributes to the prison service and the need for priests to serve those who are most marginalized by society. All the more this is true during the Holy Year 2025, which has begun to end with special papal events for prisoners, adds AP.
