I wasn’t aware they still did this:
The Vatican announced Aug. 8 that Catholics participating in World Youth Day events can receive a plenary indulgence if they attend any of the events or the closing Mass with prayerful devotion, receive the sacraments of reconciliation and the Eucharist and offer prayers for the intentions of the pope.
If this has been an ongoing practice — I heard, incorrectly,?it was discontinued with the Council of Trent — I wonder why it becomes newsworthy now.? More of that divisiveness Paul wrote about earlier this year?
