“The letter from the Pope himself is very moving and even shocking. Francis is writing to us, to marginalised prisoners”, said Dariusz, a student at the Centre for Studies of the Catholic University of Lublin (KUL) at the Remand Prison in Lublin, who has been in prison for 20 years. 

The Rector of the Catholic University of Lublin (KUL), Father Prof. Mirosław Kalinowski, presented a letter from the Holy Father to more than 30 of his students who are serving prison sentences.

The letter from the Vatican was sent to the Rector of the Catholic University of Lublin in October, on the occasion of the inauguration of the academic year at the KUL Study Centre at the Remand Prison in Lublin. 

In the letter, the Pope wrote, among other things: “We all make mistakes in life; God does not tire of forgiving,” reports Vatican News and adds that the correspondence will have continuity, as the inmates will soon write one joint letter to send back to the Vatican.