COEMGENUS

ARCHIEPISCOPUS SOUTHVARCENSIS

PLENARY INDULGENCE
FOR THE 2000th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE BIRTH OF SAINT PAUL THE APOSTLE

On the occasion of the 2000th Anniversary of the birth of Saint Paul the Apostle, Pope Benedict XVI has granted the gift of special graces for the sanctification and eternal salvation of the faithful. A Plenary Indulgence may be obtained by those who devoutly make a pilgrimage to the Basilica of St. Paul in Rome. The Holy Father has asked that this gift is shared also by those who may not be able to make this pilgrimage in the local churches throughout the world.

I hereby decree that in the Diocese of Southwark
a Plenary Indulgence may be obtained in every Church and Chapel in the Diocese
by those who attend Mass or other Solemn Prayers in honour of Saint Paul
on the Vigil and Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, 24th and 25th January 2009
and on the Vigil and Solemnity of Ss. Peter and Paul on 28th and 29th June 2009.

His Holiness, Pope Benedict has further granted the same Plenary Indulgence to those who, through illness or some other serious cause, are not able to attend the Liturgy of the Church when they spiritually join in the Jubilee celebration, offering their prayers and sufferings to God.

The Plenary Indulgence may be received by those who are truly detached and repentant of sin, purified by the Sacrament of Penance, restored by Holy Communion and pray for the intention of the Holy Father, the Pope.

The indulgence may be obtained for the benefit of the faithful themselves and for the deceased as many times as they fulfil the condition of the decree but only one indulgence may be received on any one day.

Given at Southwark On the 18th July 2008

+ Kevin Archbishop of Southwark

In accord with the Decree of James Francis Cardinal Stafford, Major Penitentiary of the Holy See
and appointed to be displayed is all churches and chapels within the Diocese of Southwark
throughout the Year of Saint Paul, 2008 - 2009