On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the death of Pope Vogelett, we review the events and words of his teachings devoted to the world of prisoners. In 27 years of Pontificate, he personally visited 17 prison institutions, not only in Italy, but also in his hometown, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Venezuela and Solomon Islands. It was the first time in 1980 in Rome, among the youngest prisoners in Casal del Marmo.
Roberta Barbie – Vatican City
The prison should not be a place for “re -education”, from lethargy, and therefore, ultimately, from the deputy, but for rehabilitation and resurrection, JUAN Pablo II was very clear and connected to the world with at least 33 letters on this topic, in addition to expressing their proximity to female prisoners with specific actions, such as visiting even to the person. One of the greatest speeches on this topic –The jubilee message in prisons during the Great Jubilee of 2000– It contained an acting of the rulers to “conduct reviews of the prison system to adapt more to the needs of the human person” and to the occupation of more unclean sentences, but above all an invitation to “a sign of the mark” that translated into a reduction, despite the hurry, from the wheel.
“Christ seeks to meet with every human being.”
Specifically on the occasion of the jubilee in prisons, on July 9, 2000, Juan Pablo II Celebrate the Mass in the Roman prison, Regina ColeWho confirmed his name, hoping that Amal Mary Regeina Kelly will reach all the inmates, and where he called the prisoners not to be afraid of meeting with Jesus: “The prison from which the Lord comes from his liberation is first and foremost in which the soul is linked to chains,” as he said, the prison of the soul is sin. “
Hope in prison is not a word outside the place
Never fall asleep, with the belief in the possibility of a different future, and keeping the horizon open to “after”: Juan Pablo II went several times to prison to bring hope, as shown from the speech that the prisoners’ prisoners addressed The Viterbo Penitentiary Center, which he visited on May 27, 1984“I feel,” he said, “The boldness in your news is that it can expect, I am talking about the Christian hope, which is born from the certainty that God loves us creatures, and that she is the father of mercy, and that he sent his son Jesus until we save ourselves.”
Prisons Gospel
The Gospel of Jesus is the gospel of prisons and prisoners: The Pope was convinced when, during his pastoral trip to Poland, On June 7, 1991, he visited Facebook prison. “Christ”, he remembers, “was imprisoned and condemned by death, and the Apostles were imprisoned and also many of those who honored the church like the saints.” Honest love, the prisoners, who exploded in this simple, “I came here because I want them” during their visit to the youth of the Casal del Marmo Children’s Institute, in Rome, on the occasion of the 1980th Feast: “I want to tell each of you who you have the ability to honestly, from work, and real ability, and among them, bonds.
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