"Currently the whole of humanity is threatened by an invisible and insidious disease, which has become part of all our lives, it is marked day after day by anguished fears, new uncertainties and above all widespread physical and moral suffering. Pope Francis, has shown his paternal closeness and renewed his invitation to pray incessantly for those who are sick with the Coronavirus." Mauro Cardinal Piacenza (Major Penitentiary)
Given the current world epidemic, Pope Francis has granted a wide-ranging Plenary Indulgence (Decree of the Apostolic Penitentiary) for all those with Covid-19; those involved in the care of the sick; and for all the faithful who pray for those afflicted with the virus; those who have died from it; and for an end to the pandemic.
To the faithful who are suffering from coronavirus:
The Plenary Indulgence is granted to the faithful suffering from Coronavirus, who are subject to quarantine by order of the health authority in hospitals or in their own homes if, with a spirit detached from any sin, they unite spiritually through the media to:
* the celebration of Holy Mass
* recitation of the Holy Rosary
* pious exercise of the Way of the Cross, or the recitation of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy
*or, if at least they will recite the Creed, the Lord's Prayer and a pious invocation to the Blessed
Virgin Mary, offering this trial in a spirit of faith in God and charity towards their brothers and
sisters, with the will to fulfil the usual conditions (sacramental confession, Eucharistic communion
and prayer according to the Holy Father's intentions), as soon as possible.
To Health Care Workers, Family Members and those caring for Sufferers:
Health care workers, family members and all those who, following the example of the Good Samaritan, exposing themselves to the risk of contagion, care for the sick of Coronavirus according to the words of the divine Redeemer: Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends ( Jn 15:13), will obtain the same gift of the Plenary Indulgence under the same conditions.
To the Faithful:
This Apostolic Penitentiary also willingly grants a Plenary Indulgence under the same conditions on the occasion of the current world epidemic, to those faithful who offer
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