San Benedetto parish centenary, Rome: Apostolic Penitentiary decree of 29 December 2025
San Benedetto centenary: impeded faithful
When a serious cause prevents leaving home, unite spiritually with the jubilee celebrations and offer prayers, sufferings or life’s difficulties to God.
Time required No fixed duration
- When
- 11 January 2026–6 January 2027
- Where
- Where the seriously impeded person is unable to leave home
- Who
- Older and sick faithful and all others unable to leave home for a serious cause
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- When unable to leave home because of old age, illness or another serious cause, unite spiritually with the jubilee celebrations.
- Offer prayers, sufferings or the difficulties of life to the merciful God.
- Be detached from every sin and intend to fulfil the three ordinary conditions as soon as possible.
The work and its conditions
This grant has a special provision for the ordinary conditions. Follow the requirements above and the source closely.
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.
Spiritual union and offering
Duration varies
No fixed duration
No fixed formula or numerical minimum is stated. Spiritual union with the actual celebrations remains required.
Timing sources
- Apostolic Penitentiary: signed Latin decree for San Benedetto parish in Rome29 December 2025, Prot. 02591/2026–1291/25/I; operative paragraphs and exact 2026–2027 term
- San Benedetto parish, Rome: centenary page and unofficial Italian translationDecreto Penitenzieria Indulgenza Plenaria per il Centenario: linked original and full translation
What the time estimate excludes
- Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work
- Preparation and separately fulfilled sacramental conditions
- Stated start
- 11 January 2026
- Stated end
- 6 January 2027
Source and exact reference
- Apostolic Penitentiary: signed Latin decree for San Benedetto parish in Rome29 December 2025, Prot. 02591/2026–1291/25/I; operative paragraphs and exact 2026–2027 term
- San Benedetto parish, Rome: centenary page and unofficial Italian translationDecreto Penitenzieria Indulgenza Plenaria per il Centenario: linked original and full translation
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.