Indulgence
The Pope has announced that pilgrims at World Youth Day 2008 and those from around the world who pray for the ‘spiritual goals of this meeting and for its happy outcome' will be able to receive indulgences. In Roman Catholic teaching an indulgence is believed to erase the temporal punishment (time spent in purgatory) which results from sin.
There are two types of indulgences available
- plenary (full) indulgence – for attendees
- partial indulgence – for those who pray
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