“The inmates are paying a penalty, a penalty for an error committed. However, let’s not forget that for the penalty to be fruitful it must have a horizon of hope, otherwise it remains shut-in on itself and is only an instrument of torture; it’s not fruitful.”
Apparently, Francis’ regular phone calls to the prisoners weren’t enough so he made them a video and don’t forget that torture is a mortal sin in all its forms including serving time!
- full transcript of Francis’ video message to “students” students in Argentina’s Ezeiza Federal Penitentiary (Spanish original) & (English translation)
