Lord's Prayer Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Indulgence== ===History=== In the Catholic Church, a [[rescript]] of [[Pope Pius VII]] and subsequent decree of the [[Vicar General for the Diocese of Rome|Pro-Vicar Cardinal]] of 18 April 1809 introduced a 300-day indulgence for whom would recite with heart [[contrition|contrite]] and devoutly, on behalf of a suffering faithful, 3 [[Our Father|''Our Fathers'']] in memory of the [[Passion of Jesus|Passion and agony of Jesus]] and 3 [[Hail Mary|''Hail Mary''s]] in memory of the pains of the Virgin in the presence of her divine son. Furthermore, for those who have performed this pious practice at least once a day for a month, they granted plenary indulgence, and the [[Forgiveness|remission]] of all [[sin|sins]] on a day of their choice in which they had confessed, communicated and prayed according to the intentions of the Pope at the time. These indulgences ''"are perpetual"'' and can be applied to [[souls]] in [[Purgatory]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Giovanni Sacchetto|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bkH0_EqXXKUC&q=Indulgence+plenary+|page=321|title=Collection of prayers and pious works for which the Supreme Pontiffs granted the s . indulgences|year=1837}}</ref> ===After the Second Vatican Council=== This type of indulgence was suppressed by the ''[[Indulgentiarum Doctrina]]'' of [[Pope Paul VI]]. In occasion of the 2020β2021 [[jubilee]] of [[Saint Joseph]], [[Pope Francis]] signed a decree that granted the plenary [[indulgence]] to those who shall contemplate the Lord's Prayer for at least 30 minutes.<ref>{{cite web |date=11 December 2020 |title=Decree: The gift of special Indulgences is granted on the occasion of the Year of Saint Joseph, announced by Pope Francis to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of Saint Joseph as Patron of the universal Church |url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/tribunals/apost_penit/documents/rc_trib_appen_pro_20201208_decreto-indulgenze-sangiuseppe_en.html |website=[[L'Osservatore Romano]]}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page