It was still unclear whether the Mamertine Prison had suffered some slight damage or not. The head of Rome's fire service, Marco Ghimenti, said "we can't say the structure is 100% safe.

The official responsible for charity and prison pastoral care in Rome has described how the pontiff gave a massive sum from ...

Pope Francis met for nearly a half-hour with some 70 inmates at the Regina Coeli prison in Rome’s Trastevere neighborhood.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis visited Rome’s main prison Thursday and met with dozens of inmates as he kept an Easter season appointment to spend Holy Thursday among the least fortunate ...