POPE FRANCIS TO PRISONERS AT CURRAN-FROMHOLD: STAY OPEN TO 'NEW POSSIBILITIES’
PHILADELPHIA >> Pope Francis delivered a message to inmates at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Philadelphia on Sunday morning.
Speaking of the Gospel where Jesus washes the feet of his disciples at the Last Supper, Pope Francis told of how it was customary in those times to do such an act when someone visited their home.
“Life is a journey, along different roads, different paths, which leave their mark on us,” he said to the inmates. “Life means getting our feet dirty from the dust-filled roads of life and history. All of us need to be cleansed — to be washed. All of us are being sought out by the teacher, who wants to help us resume our journey … He wants us to keep walking along the paths of life, to realize that we have a mission and that confinement is not the same thing as exclusion.”