The country’s 85 dioceses have listed about 537 pilgrimage Jubilee Churches for the quincentennial celebration of the evangelization of the Philippines, Asia’s bastion of Christianity.
Based on Pope Francis’s recent decree, the faithful can receive plenary indulgence when they make a devotional pilgrimage to one of the designated “Jubilee Churches” until April 22, 2022.
When the faithful make the pilgrimage, they have to meet the usual conditions of going to confession, receiving the Eucharist, and praying for the intentions of the pope.
Pilgrims are also asked to pray “for the fidelity of the Filipino people to their Christian calling, for the increase of priestly and religious vocations and for the defense of the family, concluding with the Lord’s Prayer, the profession of faith, and an invocation to the Blessed Virgin Mary”.
An indulgence is the remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, which have already been forgiven.
(This list of Jubilee churches is being serialized in BusinessMirror’s FAITH page, every Sunday).
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