indulgences
Penance and plague: How the Black Death changed one of Christianity’s most important rituals
By Nicole Archambeau — April 11, 2022
(The Conversation) — Churches’ struggles to respond to the plague and constant warfare in the 14th and 15th centuries helped shape the kinds of Christianity in the world today.
Pope Francis says ‘We are all in the same boat,’ during Urbi et Orbi ceremony
By Claire Giangravé — March 27, 2020
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The Urbi et Orbi, meaning to the city and the world, is a blessing usually delivered by the Roman pontiff at Christmas and Easter. It offers plenary indulgence, which means the forgiveness of sins to the faithful present and watching through media outlets.
Is Pope Francis too indulgent with indulgences?
By David Gibson — January 15, 2016
(RNS) The reform-minded pontiff is using an old-fashioned practice with a shady past to promote his focus on mercy. Not everyone thinks that's a good idea.
Pope Francis warns pilgrims: ‘Don’t get conned — salvation is free!’
By Rosie Scammell — December 16, 2015
(RNS) “Be careful that there’s not someone a bit quick and too cunning that tells you that you must pay," Pope Francis said at his Wednesday public audience in St. Peter's Square.
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