According to
the current Enchiridion of Indulgences, one can apply a
plenary indulgence to a departed soul by the "visitation of a
cemetery" {Coemeterii visitatio}
from November
1st till the 8th (i.e. the Octave of All Saints).
Here's the text:
Here's the text:
Visit to a
Cemetery (Coemeterii visitatio)
An indulgence, applicable only to the Souls in Purgatory, is granted to the faithful, who devoutly visit a cemetery and pray, even if only mentally, for the departed.
The indulgence is plenary each day from the 1st to the 8th of November; on other days of the year it is partial.
An indulgence, applicable only to the Souls in Purgatory, is granted to the faithful, who devoutly visit a cemetery and pray, even if only mentally, for the departed.
The indulgence is plenary each day from the 1st to the 8th of November; on other days of the year it is partial.
In
order for the indulgence to be plenary, the following conditions must also be
met alone with the visit and prayers at the cemetery:
- Sacramental
confession within “about twenty days” of the actual day of the
Plenary Indulgence.
- Eucharistic
Communion on the day of the Plenary Indulgence.
- Prayer
for the intentions of the Pope on the day of the Plenary Indulgence.
- It
is further required that all attachment to sin, even venial sin, be
absent.
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