prisoners
Prison Fellowship spearheads ‘Second Chance Month’ to help ex-convicts
Italian prisoners honor Pope Francis with flash mob dance
Cuba grants pardons to 787 convicts after pope’s clemency call
Pope talks about gays, annulments in new book
Pope to prisoners: I stand before you a brother
50 prison inmates tour Vatican Gardens, Sistine Chapel
Pope Francis to greet children of prisoners with a train ride and a gift of kites
Interfaith leaders fast to protest solitary confinement
WASHINGTON (RNS) An interfaith coalition is urging Congress to end solitary confinement, which they said is a ``harmful, costly, and ineffective practice.'' By Chris Lisee.
Miss America has a faith-based platform for kids of prisoners
AUSTIN, Tex. (RNS) Laura Kaeppeler travels nonstop, wears stylish new outfits daily and attracts TV crews in every city she visits as the reigning Miss America. But the glamorous appearances go for a most unglamorous cause: a faith-based platform for the 2.7 million kids who have an incarcerated parent. By G. Jeffrey MacDonald.
Chuck Colson’s memorial steeped in prison themes
WASHINGTON (RNS) Prison Fellowship founder and former Nixon aide Chuck Colson was memorialized Wednesday (May 16) at Washington National Cathedral in a service steeped in Scripture and prayers about prison and redemption. By Adelle M. Banks.
Study offers view of religious life behind prison walls
WASHINGTON (RNS) Behind high walls and barbed wire, the inmates of Muslim and pagan faiths are most likely to have extreme religious views and be the least assisted by religious volunteers, according to a snapshot of how chaplains view religious life behind bars released Thursday (March 22). By Adelle M. Banks.
