He pontiff88 years, known for his sensitivity to the prison world, He remained around 30 minutes in prison of Regina Coeli, the largest in the Italian capital.
Every time I enter these places, I wonder: “Why and not me?” He told journalists, who interrogated him through the window of his traditional Fiat 500. “I live Easter as I can”he added later.
The Penitentiary Center, which operates in an old seventeenth convent, is located in the Tourist Barrio de Tistevere.
In this deteriorated and overcrowded prison, the Pope He met privately with some 70 prisonersas well as with members of the management and penitentiary personnel, the Vatican.
Unlike previous years, the Argentine Jesuit – which in theory should observe a convalescence of two months – did not perform the traditional rite of foot washingthat commemorates the Gesture of Christ towards his apostles.
“This year I can’t do it, but I can and I want to be close to you. I pray for you and your families“, said.
Since your choice in 2013, Francisco He has celebrated this ceremony outside the Vatican, in detention centers for Repentant mafia, women, minors, as well as with patients or marginalized people.
In the Christian tradition, Holy Thursday Christ’s last dinner with his 12 apostles. It is one of the most significant moments of Holy Week, which remembers the last days of Jesus before his Easter resurrection.
The Pope returned to the Vatican on March 23, after 38 days of hospitalization for one double pneumonia that put his life at risk. Although his state of health improves, he is still delicate and has progressively resumed his public appearances in recent days.
However, He will not preside over the Pascual vigil of Gloria’s Saturday At night or the Mass of Easter in the Vatican, which were delegated to Cardinals.
