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From inside the walls of Rome’s largest prison, Christmas hymns rang out as inmates and prison guards together sang “Silent Night” and exchanged the sign of peace during an intimate Mass led by Pope Francis to mark a historic moment — the first opening of a jubilee Holy Door within a prison. Pope Francis 'throws open' Holy Door to inaugurate 2025 Jubilee
“The first Holy Door I opened at Christmas in St. Peter’s. I wanted the second one to be here, in a prison,” Pope Francis told the inmates on Dec. 26. “I wanted each of us here, inside and out, to have the possibility of throwing open the door of our hearts and understanding that hope doesn’t disappoint.”
He described how one of the prison ministers had formed a small choir among the inmates who had been practicing together in the weeks leading up to the pope’s visit. During the pope’s off-the-cuff homily, Francis spoke directly to the prisoners, emphasizing how one of the graces of the jubilee is “to open hearts to hope.”At the end of the Mass, the pope took the time to personally greet each prisoner present and extended his greetings to those who remained in their cells.“I really do. It is not a figure of speech. I think of you and I pray for you,” he continued. “I wish you much peace.
“During the holy year, we are called to be tangible signs of hope for those of our brothers and sisters who experience hardships of any kind. I think of prisoners who, deprived of their freedom, daily feel the harshness of detention and its restrictions, lack of affection and, in more than a few cases, lack of respect for their persons,” Pope Francis wrote in the papal bull.
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