Plenary indulgence - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 21 Jul 2024 23:33:31 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Plenary indulgence - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 World Day of Grandparents: Vatican grants plenary indulgence for visiting the elderly https://cathnews.co.nz/2024/07/22/world-day-of-grandparents-vatican-grants-plenary-indulgence-for-visiting-the-elderly/ Mon, 22 Jul 2024 05:55:49 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=173469 The Vatican has granted a plenary indulgence to anyone who visits a sick, lonely, or disabled elderly person on the fourth annual World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly on July 28. Grandparents or elderly people can also receive a plenary indulgence, as can anyone who participates in religious functions connected to the celebration, as Read more

World Day of Grandparents: Vatican grants plenary indulgence for visiting the elderly... Read more]]> The Vatican has granted a plenary indulgence to anyone who visits a sick, lonely, or disabled elderly person on the fourth annual World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly on July 28.

Grandparents or elderly people can also receive a plenary indulgence, as can anyone who participates in religious functions connected to the celebration, as long as the usual conditions are fulfilled.

The usual conditions to obtain a plenary indulgence are to be detached from all sin, to receive sacramental confession and holy Communion, and to pray for the pope's intentions.

An indulgence is a grace the Catholic Church grants through the merits of Jesus Christ to remove the temporal punishment due to sin. It applies to sins already forgiven and cleanses the soul as if just baptised.

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World Day of Grandparents: Vatican grants plenary indulgence for visiting the elderly]]> 173469 Plenary indulgence opportunity until 26 November 2017 https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/12/09/plenary-indulgence-fatima/ Thu, 08 Dec 2016 15:53:32 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=90283 A plenary indulgence opportunity is available for the next 12 months. It will mark the 100th anniversary of Our Lady's appearance at Fatima, Portugal. Pope Francis has granted the opportunity from 27 November 2016 until 26 November 2017. Read more  

Plenary indulgence opportunity until 26 November 2017... Read more]]> A plenary indulgence opportunity is available for the next 12 months.

It will mark the 100th anniversary of Our Lady's appearance at Fatima, Portugal.

Pope Francis has granted the opportunity from 27 November 2016 until 26 November 2017. Read more

 

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