Plenary Indulgence on the Occasion of the Madrid World Youth Day
(August 11, 2011) Pope Benedict XVI has issued a Decree granting Plenary Indulgence to the faithful who are participating in the Twenty Sixth World Youth Day to be held in Madrid in a spirit of pilgrimage, provided, confessed and truly repented, receive Holy Communion and they devoutly pray for the intentions of the Pope. Partial Indulgence is also granted to all the faithful every where, during the World Youth Day. They are called upon to pray to God with a contrite spirit for the young people, that they may experience the love of God and receive the strength to preach the Gospel with their lives. The World Youth day will be held from the 16th to the 21st of August, with the theme: "Rooted and grounded in Christ, in the faith." This Decree was issued on the second of August, comes as a response to the petition made to the Apostolic Penitentiary by Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Valera, Archbishop of Madrid and President of the Bishops' Conference of Spain, on behalf of the young people. The purpose of the decree was to receive the desired fruits of sanctification by their spiritual sharing in the World Youth Day. An indulgence is the full or partial remission of temporal punishment due for sins which have already been forgiven.
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