Circular: 19/2024
July 20, 2024
PLENARY INDULGENCE GRANTED ON THE OCCASION OF
THE IV WORLD DAY OF GRANDPARENTS AND THE ELDERLY ON SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2024
My dear Collaborators,
I am writing to inform you that the Vatican has granted a plenary indulgence to anyone who visits a sick, lonely, or disabled elderly person on the fourth annual World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly on July 28.
Those who are grandparents or elderly themselves can also receive a plenary indulgence, as well as anyone who participates in religious functions connected to the celebration, as long as the usual conditions are fulfilled.
The usual conditions to obtain a plenary indulgence are to be detached from all sin, to receive sacramental confession and holy Communion, and to pray for the Pope’s intentions.
Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, the head of the Apostolic Penitentiary, sent a decree July 18 granting the plenary indulgences.
You may bring the contents of the letter to the notice of your parishioners.
Thank you and God bless you and your parish community.
Yours in Christ,
+Barthol Barretto Bishop, Diocese of Nashik