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Pope Francis will preside over the Mass of the Lord’s Supper at the Rebibbia women’s prison in Rome on Holy Thursday.

The Mass of the Lord’s Supper opens the Easter Triduum, which commemorates the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Christ and leads to the celebration of Easter Sunday. During his visit, the Pope will also meet with female inmates and staff of the facility. Pope Francis celebrated Mass in Rome’s Rebibbia prison on Holy Thursday in 2015.

Speaking during the General Audience on 6 March, Pope Francis invited Christians to continue faithfully along their Lenten journey toward Easter: “In these days of Lent,” he said, “continue courageously in your efforts to free yourselves from everything that masks your lives, so as to return with your whole heart to God, who loves us with an eternal love.”

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Source: Vatican News