Pope Leo Meets with Prisoners Who Walked 60 Miles to Meet Him

Italian inmates trekked to Rome for the Jubilee — and were embraced by the American pope.

The three prisoners from Venice presented Pope Leo with a handmade chalice.

In a moving display of the corporal works of mercy (remember those from grade school?), Pope Leo recently welcomed three inmates from Venice’s Santa Maria Maggiore Prison who arrived in Rome as part of a Jubilee pilgrimage.

The men undertook a nearly 500-kilometer journey of fait…