Norm 9 §1, 2°, and §2
Receive a patriarch’s or major archbishop’s authorized papal blessing
Receive the papal blessing with its plenary indulgence when a Catholic patriarch or major archbishop actually imparts it under his authorized faculty.
Time required Duration of the authorized blessing; no fixed minimum
- When
- An actual authorized occasion announced by the competent patriarch or major archbishop
- Where
- At the authorized blessing, within the territorial or ritual scope stated above
- Who
- Faithful within the territorial or ritual scope of Norm 9; the patriarch’s or major archbishop’s own rite faithful are included everywhere
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- The blessing must be the authorized papal blessing carrying the indulgence; an ordinary blessing does not satisfy this work.
- The faculty extends to places within his patriarchate, including exempt places; churches of his rite outside the patriarchate; and faithful of his own rite everywhere. The same rule applies to major archbishops.
- He may impart it ordinarily three times a year, and additionally when a particularly special religious circumstance or reason calls for a plenary indulgence for the good of the faithful.
- Fulfil the ordinary plenary conditions.
The work and its conditions
A plenary indulgence also requires complete detachment from every sin, sacramental confession, Holy Communion, and prayer for the Pope’s intentions, subject to the grant’s stated exceptions. The ordinary limit is one plenary indulgence per day.
Conditions common to every indulgence
The person gaining an indulgence must be baptized, not excommunicated, and in the state of grace at least when the prescribed works are completed. There must be at least a general intention to gain indulgences, and the prescribed work must be performed at the time and in the manner required by the grant.
Read the full conditions and norms. The cited grant and its specific provisions govern.
Time required
Read each branch with its own conditions. An editorial estimate is not a prescribed minimum.
Authorized papal blessing
Complete the prescribed event
Duration of the authorized blessing and its prescribed rite
No fixed number of minutes is prescribed by Norm 9. Participate in the actual authorized rite; its local form determines the duration.
What the time estimate excludes
- Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work
- Preparation and separately fulfilled sacramental conditions
Source and exact reference
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.