Christian

norms on indulgences

second part:

18. A visit to a church or oratory, if required to gain an indulgence

attached to a certain day, can be made from noon of the preceding day

to midnight at the close of the day itself.



19. The faithful, who devoutly use an article of devotion (crucifix

or cross, rosary, scapular or medal) properly blessed by any priest,

obtain a partial indulgence.



But if the article of devotion has been blessed by the Sovereign

Pontiff or by any Bishop, the faithful, using it devoutly, can also

gain a plenary indulgence on the feast of the Holy Apostles, Peter

and Paul, provided they also make a profession of faith according to

any legitimate formula.



20.

1. Indulgences attached to a visit to a church do not cease if the

church is totally destroyed, provided the church is rebuilt within

fifty years in the same or almost the same place and under the same

title. 2. An indulgence attached to the use of an article of devotion

only ceases, when the article is completely destroyed or is sold.



21. Holy Mother Church, extremely solicitous for the faithful

departed, has decided to apply suffrages to them as abundantly as

possible in every Sacrifice of the Mass, abolishing every particular

privilege in this regard.



22.

1. To be capable of gaining an indulgence for oneself, it is required

that one be baptized, not excommunicated, in the state of grace at

least at the completion of the prescribed works, and a subject of the

one granting the indulgence. 2. In order that one who is capable may

actually gain indulgences, one must have at least a general intention

to gain them and must in accordance with the tenor of the grant

perform the enjoined works at the time and in the manner prescribed.



23. Unless the tenor of the grant clearly indicates otherwise,

indulgences granted by a Bishop can be gained by his subjects even

outside his territory and by others within his territory who are

exempt or who have or do not have a domicile elsewhere.



24.

1. A plenary indulgence can be acquired once only in the course of a

day. 2. But one can obtain the plenary indulgence for the moment of

death, even if another plenary indulgence had already been acquired

on the same day. 3. A partial indulgence can be acquired more than

once a day, unless otherwise expressly indicated.



25. The work prescribed for acquiring a plenary indulgence connected

with a church or oratory consists in a devout visit and the

recitation during the visit of one Our Father and the Creed.



26. 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.



If the latter disposition is in any way less than perfect or if the

prescribed three conditions are not fulfilled, the indulgence will be

partial only, saving the provisions given below in Norm 34 and in

Norm 35 concerning those who are "impeded."