Plenary indulgences for Year of Faith
October 08, 2012
The Apostolic Penitentiary has published a decree announcing special plenary indulgences that Catholics may gain during the Year of Faith, which begins on October 11 and concludes on the Solemnity of Christ the King in 2013.
The decree, dated September 14, was released on October 5.
With the usual conditions for gaining a plenary indulgence having been met, the faithful may gain special indulgences, “applicable also to the souls of the deceased faithful”:
(A) Each time they attend at least three sermons during the Holy Missions, or at least three lessons on the Acts of the Council or the articles of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, in church or any other suitable location.
(B) Each time they visit, in the course of a pilgrimage, a papal basilica, a Christian catacomb, a cathedral church or a holy site designated by the local ordinary for the Year of Faith (for example, minor basilicas and shrines dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Holy Apostles or patron saints), and there participate in a sacred celebration, or at least remain for a congruous period of time in prayer and pious meditation, concluding with the recitation of the Our Father, the Profession of Faith in any legitimate form, and invocations to the Blessed Virgin Mary and, depending on the circumstances, to the Holy Apostles and patron saints.
(C) Each time that, on the days designated by the local ordinary for the Year of Faith ... in any sacred place, they participate in a solemn celebration of the Eucharist or the Liturgy of the Hours, adding thereto the Profession of Faith in any legitimate form.
(D) On any day they chose, during the Year of Faith, if they make a pious visit to the baptistery, or other place in which they received the Sacrament of Baptism, and there renew their baptismal promises in any legitimate form.
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Further information:
- Plenary Indulgence For The Year Of Faith (VIS)
- Pope Paul VI: Apostolic Constitution on Indulgences (1967)
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