Prison inmates receive powerful message of God’s mercy

By Lauren Clem, Staff Reporter, RI Catholic

CRANSTON — As the diocese approaches the close of the Jubilee Year of Mercy in November, a special Year of Mercy celebration took place at the Rhode Island Department of Corrections High Security Center in Cranston on Thursday, October 6. Father Nicanor Austriaco, O.P., who was designated a “missionary of mercy” by Pope Francis earlier this year, visited the inmates to hear confessions and celebrate Mass, offering a homily about the power of God’s mercy. More.