Plenary Indulgence for World Meeting for Families

Jun. 27 (CWNews.com) - Pope Benedict XVI (bio - news) has declared a plenary indulgence for participants in the 5th World Meeting for Families, to be held in Valencia, Spain, on July 1- 9.

A decree issued by the Apostolic Penitentiary on June 15, and made public on June 27, formally announced the indulgence...

All of the faithful-- even those who are unable to travel to Spain-- can obtain the indulgence, the decree notes, if, on the final day of that gathering, "united in spirit and thought with the faithful present in Valencia," they pray together as a family, "the Our Father, the Creed, and other devoted prayers."