VATICAN CITY, JULY 4 (ZENIT.org)

    The organizers of the Jubilee of the Prison World, which will be held on July 9, have appealed to all parishes to join this celebration during Mass, as it not only for prisoners but the concern of all Christians.

    Bishop Giorgio Caniato, coordinator of the Committee for the Jubilee of Prisons, has distributed a statement explaining that John Paul II wants this Jubilee to be lived by all, not just prisoners, especially those Christians who live and work in prisons and the penal realm: officers, judges, lawyers, volunteers, chaplains, and administrative personnel.

    "It would be opportune to invite the 'workers of the penal world' who are unable to celebrate the Jubilee of Prisons, to do so in a Jubilee Church of the city," the organizer of the ecclesial event explained.

    In particular, Bishop Caniato proposed the "printing of signs and banners to be placed in all churches, which should read: 'Jubilee in the Prisons of the World.' "

    In addition, he explained that the Jubilee must be prepared for in prisons "with catechesis and confessions; and outside of these with conferences and times of prayer." ZE00070409

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