We all have the opportunity for receiving a plenary indulgence each day of Holy Week. Then Easter Octave. Here’s how to gain them for ourselves and loved ones in purgatory. The procession of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many people assume that the Catholic Church stopped granting indulgences after Luther's famous rejection of them. Indeed, nearly ...

Pope Francis has granted a Plenary Indulgence to all of us who suffer from the Coronavirus. Those who are subject to quarantine, health care workers, family members and all those who care for those ...

Father Jeffy Kirby says indulgences may seem a medieval relic, but they actually have an important message for modern believers. Listen When Pope Francis declared the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, ...

"Indulgences-- a rite in the Roman Catholic Church that harkens back to the Middle Ages and the Reformation-- are making a return." That's the teaser for a news story that appeared earlier this week ...

CWN Editor's Note: Eight centuries after St. Francis of Assisi created the first crèche in Greccio (Italy), the Apostolic Penitentiary has granted a plenary indulgence for “visiting the churches run ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. From the New York Times comes news that the Roman Catholic Church is allowing ...