Apostolic Penitentiary, 18 January 2013, Prot. 880/12/I
Visit Christ the King Sanctuary in Almada
A perpetual local grant specifies occasions and prayers at the Portuguese national sanctuary.
Time required A sacred celebration or devotional exercise, or suitable mental prayer ending with the prescribed prayers; include the group pilgrimage when that occasion is used.
- When
- Christ the King; its immediately preceding novena or triduum; each group pilgrimage; once annually on a freely chosen day.
- Where
- National Sanctuary of Christ the King, Almada, Portugal.
- Who
- All eligible faithful visiting the sanctuary
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Devoutly visit the sanctuary on one of the granted occasions. There participate in a sacred celebration or devotional exercise honoring Christ the King, or spend a suitable period in pious contemplation.
- For the contemplation alternative, conclude with the Our Father, Creed, Act of Consecration of the Human Race to Christ the King, and invocations of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
- 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.
Group pilgrimage: religious celebration or devotional exercise
Complete the prescribed event
Group pilgrimage, participation in the qualifying rite; duration varies
Participate in the actual qualifying celebration or devotional exercise in honor of Christ the King. The decree specifies the concluding prayers for the separate contemplation alternative. No numerical duration is prescribed. The actual group pilgrimage is part of this route; its duration varies.
Timing sources
- National Sanctuary of Christ the King — decreeApostolic Penitentiary, 18 January 2013; perpetual grant
- National Sanctuary of Christ the King — original Latin decreeProt. 880/12/I, 18 January 2013: concludendis refers to piis considerationibus; perpetual duration; four occasions
- Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth edition (1999)Norm 19: the ordinary church/oratory visit rule expressly yields when the particular concession prescribes otherwise.
Group pilgrimage: mental prayer and all prescribed concluding prayers
Duration varies
Group pilgrimage, a suitable time in mental prayer and all prescribed concluding prayers
The decree expressly requires a suitable time, but supplies no number of minutes. No invented numeric minimum or total estimate is substituted for that qualitative requirement. The actual group pilgrimage is part of this route; its timing varies and is not replaced by the prayers alone.
Timing sources
- National Sanctuary of Christ the King — decreeApostolic Penitentiary, 18 January 2013; perpetual grant
- National Sanctuary of Christ the King — original Latin decreeProt. 880/12/I, 18 January 2013: concludendis refers to piis considerationibus; perpetual duration; four occasions
- Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth edition (1999)Norm 19: the ordinary church/oratory visit rule expressly yields when the particular concession prescribes otherwise.
Specified feast, preparation days or annual chosen day: religious celebration or devotional exercise
Complete the prescribed event
Celebration or devotional exercise; duration varies
Participate in the actual qualifying celebration or devotional exercise in honor of Christ the King. The decree specifies the concluding prayers for the separate contemplation alternative. No numerical duration is prescribed.
Timing sources
- National Sanctuary of Christ the King — decreeApostolic Penitentiary, 18 January 2013; perpetual grant
- National Sanctuary of Christ the King — original Latin decreeProt. 880/12/I, 18 January 2013: concludendis refers to piis considerationibus; perpetual duration; four occasions
- Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth edition (1999)Norm 19: the ordinary church/oratory visit rule expressly yields when the particular concession prescribes otherwise.
Specified feast, preparation days or annual chosen day: mental prayer and all prescribed concluding prayers
Duration varies
A suitable time in mental prayer, plus the prescribed prayers
The decree expressly requires a suitable time, but supplies no number of minutes. No invented numeric minimum or total estimate is substituted for that qualitative requirement.
Timing sources
- National Sanctuary of Christ the King — decreeApostolic Penitentiary, 18 January 2013; perpetual grant
- National Sanctuary of Christ the King — original Latin decreeProt. 880/12/I, 18 January 2013: concludendis refers to piis considerationibus; perpetual duration; four occasions
- Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth edition (1999)Norm 19: the ordinary church/oratory visit rule expressly yields when the particular concession prescribes otherwise.
What the time estimate excludes
- Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work
- Separate fulfillment of the usual plenary conditions, except prayers or Mass expressly included in the branch.
Occasion and source notes
Dates show customary Roman or proper religious-family celebrations. Follow lawful liturgical transfers and the grant’s own local calendar. Membership, place, frequency and other conditions remain necessary. The grant names the sanctuary as the place of the work. Its public directions identify the Chapel of Our Lady of Peace, but do not establish that every qualifying sanctuary visit is a church or oratory visit within Norm 14. A preceding-noon opening is therefore not projected here; follow the sanctuary’s competent directions for the actual place and occasion.
Prayer texts and resources
Follow the prayer count and formula specified in the requirements. The two Creed readers are alternatives.
Source and exact reference
- National Sanctuary of Christ the King — decreeApostolic Penitentiary, 18 January 2013; perpetual grant
- National Sanctuary of Christ the King — original Latin decreeProt. 880/12/I, 18 January 2013: concludendis refers to piis considerationibus; perpetual duration; four occasions
- Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth edition (1999)Norm 19: the ordinary church/oratory visit rule expressly yields when the particular concession prescribes otherwise. Norm 14: preceding-noon rule for dated church/oratory visits.
- Sanctuary of Cristo Rei: spiritual services and Chapel of Our Lady of PeaceMasses, sacraments and adoration in the named chapel; this does not itself specify the canonical venue category for every indulgenced sanctuary visit
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.