Bishop Aldo Berardi, Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia, decree Prot. 118/2025, §3.1
Manama: Thursday or Friday Sacred Heart votive Mass
Pilgrims and devotees who participate in the Thursday or Friday votive Mass of the Sacred Heart at Manama’s vicarial shrine may receive a partial indulgence under the decree’s specified conditions.
Time required No fixed duration; attend the qualifying votive Mass.
- When
- When the shrine celebrates its Thursday or Friday votive Mass of the Sacred Heart; check the actual liturgical programme
- Where
- Vicarial Shrine of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Mother Church), Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
- Who
- Eligible pilgrims and devotees participating in the specified Mass at the shrine
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Visit the Vicarial Shrine of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (the Mother Church) in Manama and devoutly participate in its Thursday or Friday votive Mass of the Sacred Heart.
- Receive sacramental confession and Holy Communion, and pray for the intentions of the Pope, as expressly required by this particular partial grant.
The work and its conditions
The general requirements include at least a general intention, the state of grace by the completion of the work, and a contrite heart. Complete the work as prescribed.
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.
Thursday or Friday Sacred Heart votive Mass
Complete the prescribed event
Length of the qualifying votive Mass and the required prayer
No fixed minute minimum is stated. Participation in the actual Mass is the work; ordinary arrival and waiting are not part of its timing. The shrine’s schedule determines the event length.
What the time estimate excludes
- Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work
- Separate confession and preparation; Communion and prayer are included when performed as part of the qualifying celebration
- Stated start
- 1 November 2025
Occasion and source notes
The signed decree expressly calls this indulgence partial and expressly requires confession, Communion and prayer for the Pope. Those are conditions of this particular grant and are not presented as conditions of every partial indulgence. The decree took effect on 1 November 2025; the public shrine celebration followed on 8 November. It gives no terminal date.
Source and exact reference
- Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia — signed decree erecting the Manama Sacred Heart ShrineSower2025 issue4, pp9–12: decree Prot. 118/2025, dated18October2025; §3.1 indulgence and §6 effective1November2025
- Vatican News — Manama church declared a sanctuary6November2025, description of the Thursday/Friday votive-Mass partial indulgence
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.