Praedicate Evangelium:
Art. 190
§ 1. The Apostolic Penitentiary is competent in all matters
regarding the internal forum and indulgences as expressions of
divine mercy.
§ 2. It is headed by the Major Penitentiary, assisted by the
Regent and by several officials.
Art. 191
For the internal forum, whether sacramental or non-sacramental,
it grants absolution from censures, dispensations, commutations,
validations, remissions and other favours.
Art. 192
§ 1. The Apostolic Penitentiary sees to it that the Papal
Basilicas of Rome are provided with a sufficient number of
Penitentiaries supplied with appropriate faculties.
§ 2. It oversees the proper training of the Penitentiaries
appointed in the Papal Basilicas and of those appointed
elsewhere.
Art. 193
The Apostolic Penitentiary is charged with the granting and use
of indulgences, without prejudice to the competence of the
Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith concerning their
doctrine and of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the
Discipline of the Sacraments for ritual matters.
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- Decree of the Apostolic Penitentiary on the granting of the
Indulgence on the occasion of World Day for Grandparents and
the Elderly (15 June 2023)
[Italian,
Latin,
Portuguese]
- Decree according to which Plenary Indulgence is granted to the faithful on the occasion of the 26th World Youth Day (August 2, 2011)
[French, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish]
- Visit of Card. James Francis Stafford to Fatima (Portugal)
- Decree on the Plenary Indulgence conceded to the faithful for the Fifth World Meeting of Families, held in Valencia, Spain, from 1 to 9 July (June 15, 2006)
[English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish]
- Sin and conversion in the work of the Jesuit priest Ivan Fuček, Split (April 7, 2006)
[Italian]
- Decree on Indulgences on the occasion of the centenary of the crowning of the Patroness of Brazil (March 31, 2004)
[Portuguese]
- The Sacrament of Penance in the Messages of Holy Father John Paul II to the Apostolic Penitentiary (June 13, 2000)
[Italian]
- Press release: "The Sacrament of Penance in the Messages of Holy Father John Paul II to the Apostolic Penitentiary" (June 13, 2000)
[Italian, Portuguese]
- Enchiridion indulgentiarum quarto editur (July 1999)
[Latin]
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