Pope Francis has urged Mexican prisoners to look to the future and believe that their lives can change, rather than dwell on the "sorrow and sin" that got them incarcerated.
The Pope told the 700 or so inmates gathered in the prison chapel that they could not undo the past.
The Mexican prisoners greeted the Pope by singing and playing music
The Mexican prisoners greeted the Pope by singing and playing music
But he urged them instead to use their experience in prison for good, to help end the cycle of violence that has torn Mexico apart in recent years.
Pope Francis receives a cross made by an inmate at the prison in Ciudad Juarez
Pope Francis receives a cross made by an inmate at the prison in Ciudad Juarez
His visit to the prison in Ciudad Juarez came just days after a riot in another lockup killed 49 inmates.
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