HOLY YEAR

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 93, 14 January 1929, Page 3

HOLY YEAR

ANNOUNCED BY THE POPE PLENARY INDULGENCE GRANTED (“Times" Cables.) London, January 11. “The Times” Rome correspondent says the Pope announces that 1929, which marks the jubilee of his first Mass, shall be considered a holy year. He accordingly grants during the> year plenary indulgence on four conditions: (1) Faithful dwelling in the diocese of Rome and pilgrims thereto must twice visit three named Basilicas in order to pray particularly for the conversion of sinners, the extirpation of heresy and schism, peace and concord of princes, and prosperity and freedom of the Catholic Church and the head thereof. If persons are prevented by distance or other legitimate reason from complying, confessors may commute them to visits to a parish church. (2) Additional fasts must be observed. (3) Make additional confession and partake of extra Communion. (4) Make charitable offerings according to means, and according to confessors advice: Such offering will be made an important work, for example, the propagation and preservation of the faith. Jubilee indulgence may be earned several times, but additional indulgences must be for the benefit of souls in purgatory. The Pope believes that the faithful should hasten to avail themselves of this precious spiritual opportunity for morals and faith and Christian piety.