Pope Francis is

offering a Plenary Indulgence

.. but what does it mean?
Pope Francis has announced that he will give a
"special blessing" this Friday, March 27,
at 6 p.m. Rome time

WHICH IS

10:30 PM IST
.. but what is a "PLENARY INDULGENCE?

“AN INDULGENCE IS A REMISSION BEFORE GOD OF THE

TEMPORAL PUNISHMENT DUE TO SINS WHOSE GUILT
HAS ALREADY BEEN FORGIVEN.”

INDULGENCES CAN REMOVE SOME (PARTIAL) OR ALL

(PLENARY) OF THE TEMPORAL PUNISHMENT DUE TO
SIN.

YOU CAN OBTAIN INDULGENCES FOR YOURSELF OR

FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS DIED.
What does “temporal punishment due to sin” mean?

SIN has DOUBLE CONSEQUENCE!

1) Grave [or mortal] sin deprives us of communion with God and
therefore makes us incapable of eternal life

2) Every sin also “entails an unhealthy attachment to creatures, which

must be purified either here on earth, or after death in the state called
Purgatory. This purification frees one from what is called the ‘temporal
punishment’ of sin.”
A PLENARY INDULGENCE
REMOVES THIS

TEMPORAL PUNISHMENT!
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
AN INDULGENCE
AND
CONFESSION?
In the sacrament of reconciliation, our sins
are forgiven and our communion with God
is restored — this is “the remission of the
eternal punishment of sin, but temporal
punishment of sin remains.”
 An indulgence removes that

TEMPORAL PUNISHMENT.

Let us therefore listen to the Pope's blessings

this Friday, March 27
at 10.30 pm Indian Standard Time.