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“Today, you will be with Me in Paradise” (Lk. 23:43). That was the promise of Jesust to the good thief hanging beside Him on the cross. Today, it is often the prison chaplains who witness similar miracles of conversion in the hearts of former criminals when they encounter Jesus. “Special hospitals for souls” is how one priest, who worked for many years as a prison chaplain, once described prisons. Many of the prisoners are broken, spiritually, psychologically, and morally, and ...

We read in the Gospels that man “does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4). This reveals the profound truth that we are not just physical beings but also have deep spiritual needs. This is something long recognized by the Church and can be shown by the complete and comprehensive care of the patient as a whole person shown in the vital work of hospital chaplains. Since 2022, Fr. ...

With an area of over 14,000 square miles, the apostolic vicariate of El Petén covers more than a third of the total territory of Guatemala. But it is thinly populated, with only around 900,000 inhabitants. The journeys are long, and distances are measured not in miles or kilometers, but in hours, given the appalling state of the roads, which make every journey far longer than one would normally expect. And some of the parishes are larger even than entire dioceses ...

Again and again, we hear from prison chaplains just how important it is to accompany not only prisoners but their families also. Not infrequently, offenders are converted as a result, repent of their past deeds, and become worthwhile members of society, while innocent victims, unjustly imprisoned, are encouraged and saved from despair. People who have never experienced love or kindness in their lives encounter the Good News of Jesus for the first time, while families are frequently saved from breakup ...