Pope Francis has asked for a “gesture of clemency” for prison inmates in the run-up to Christmas.
In a letter addressed to all Heads of State, he invites them to make a symbolic gesture “towards our brothers and sisters who are deprived of their liberty and who are held eligible to benefit from such a provision”.
This is the motivation reported in a statement issued on Monday by the Director of the Vatican Press Office, Matteo Bruni.
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