There has never been a better time
to make a pilgrimage! During the Year of
Faith, October 11, 2012 to November 24, 2013, a plenary indulgence is available
to the faithful for making a pilgrimage.
According to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops website a
plenary indulgence will be granted under the normal circumstances when:
“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 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.”
Plenary
Indulgence-
This is
how an indulgence is defined in the Code of Canon Law (can. 992) and in the
Catechism of the Catholic Church (n. 1471):
"To
acquire a plenary indulgence, it is necessary to perform the work to which the
indulgence is attached and to fulfill the following three conditions:
sacramental confession, Eucharistic Communion, and prayer for the intention of
the Sovereign Pontiff. It is further required that all attachment to sin, even
venial sin, be absent."
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