50 inmates get tour of Vatican gardens, Sistine Chapel

50 inmates get tour of Vatican gardens, Sistine Chapel

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has opened its doors, temporarily, to 50 inmates from Rome's Rebibbia prison.

The inmates got a private tour Sunday of the lush Vatican gardens and listened to Pope Francis' Sunday blessing from the frescoed splendor of the Sistine Chapel.

Cloistered nuns bake altar breads for papal Mass in Philly
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Cloistered nuns bake altar breads for papal Mass in Philly

Associated Press

Written by Kathy Matheson

LANGHORNE, Pa. (AP) — A group of cloistered nuns has been working overtime in the kitchen to help Philadelphia church officials prepare for Pope Francis' visit, baking 100,000 communion hosts for his public Mass.

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