Newly elected Pope Francis has made waves in the Holy See by turning down some of the trappings of his new office.
He has refused the grand apartments that housed Benedict XVI, and instead of the red papal shoes and furs favored by his predecessor, he appears in a simple ivory cassock and plain black shoes. On Maundy Thursday, he went to Casal Del Marmo, a juvenile detention center on the outskirts of Rome, to wash the feet of young prisoners.
Chuck Colson, the founder of Prison Fellowship, had a similar tradition.
Read the full op-ed in the Easter Sunday edition of the Orlando Sentinel, at http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/os-ed-easter-in-prison-033113-20130329,0,2707514.story.
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