On Maundy Thursday, celebrations were beginning around the world as Pope Francis, still recovering from double pneumonia, paid a surprise visit to Rome's Regina Coeli, one of Italy's most ...

Pope Leo XIV delivers his blessing as he recites the Regina Coeli noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking ...

Pope Leo XIV delivers the Regina Caeli prayer from the main central loggia balcony of St Peter's basilica in the Vatican on May 11, 2025. (ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images) ...

The Regina Coeli (or Regina Caeli) is a traditional Catholic prayer dedicated to the Virgin Mary, recited during the Easter Season, from Easter Sunday until Pentecost, replacing the Angelus.

Pope Francis spent Holy Thursday visiting those serving time in a Rome prison. Despite recovering from a bout of pneumonia, Francis met with dozens of inmates at Regina Coeli prison as he kept an ...

Preserving the Splendor of Santa Maria Regina Coeli. giovedì 15 maggio 2025, 08:26 - Last updated : 08:27. 3 Minutes of ... "Like the images of 10 popes, ...

Regina Coeli, a former 17th-century monastery in the touristy Trastevere neighbourhood, is primarily a men’s prison. It currently houses about 1,100 prisoners, nearly double its official ...

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 17 - Pope Francis on Thursday arrived at Regina Coeli prison in Rome for a Holy Thursday meet and greet with around 40 prisoners, to whom he will give a copy of the Gospel. The ...

The 88-year-old pope spent about a half hour at Regina Coeli, a dilapidated jail in the centre of Rome that is one of Italy's most overcrowded.

Pope Francis speaks to inmates during a Holy Thursday visit to Rome's Regina Coeli jail April 17. Francis began his Holy Week prison visits just weeks after his election as pope in 2013.

On Maundy Thursday, celebrations were beginning around the world as Pope Francis, still recovering from double pneumonia, paid a surprise visit to Rome's Regina Coeli, one of Italy's most ...