I really appreciated Renatta Signorini’s article “Westmoreland County Prison prayer groups dispersed, raising religious freedom concerns” (Dec. 18, TribLive). Having worked in the criminal justice ...

As Pope Francis remains hospitalized at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Italian prisoners are praying for his recovery, Catholic chaplains said, noting the pope's longtime focus on addressing the needs ...

Pope Francis received heartfelt letters from inmates at Milan’s San Vittore prison after his hospitalization forced the cancellation of a planned meeting where the prisoners were to perform in a ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – A federal judge on Friday gave the government 30 days to start allowing American Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh and other Muslim inmates to hold group prayers outside their ...

ST. PAUL, Ind. -- When he was just a boy, Michael Layne's grandmother taught him that prayer has a power unfazed by walls of concrete and fences of electrified razor wire. He watched in awe as rowdy ...

Pope Francis on Sunday asked for prayers for death row prisoners in the United States, following his traditional Angelus prayer at St Peter's Square.

The spiritual leader of Tibet, the 14th Dalai Lama, on Monday attended a Long Life Prayer offered to him by former Tibetan political prisoners from across the world and members of the Lhasa Boys ...