North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-06-02

Letter Apostolic, Granting to all the Faith.
ful Plenary Indulgence, in the forr.
ofa Jubilee, and ordering Prayers for
the General Council.
To all the Faithful who shall see thi.
letter:
FORE PIus tx.
Health and the apostolic Beaediction.
No one can be ignorant that we have
decreed the opening of an oecumenical
council in our Vatican Basilca on the 9th
OF December next, the day consecrated to
the Immaculate conception Of the blessed
virgin, mother Of God. Since that time
we have never ceased humbly to pray with
fervor, and to supplica.s .'the Father Of
lights, from WHOM co.neth down every b, st
gift, and every perfect gift" to send down
"the wisdom that stitch by his THRONE"
to remaih with us, to work in us, that we
may know what is agreeable to Him. Thas
Almighty God may deign to listen to our
prayers, and incline His ear to our suppl
cations, we have determined to excite all
the faithful to greater piety and devotion
in order that by uniting their prayers to
ours, we may obtain the aid Of His all
powerful arm, and the heavenly light,
that so We MAY establish in this council all
that can contribute to the salvation of
Christians, and to the greater glory, hap
piness, and peace of the Catholic Church.
And, as prayers arc more agreeable TO
God when they ascend with clean heart,
that is, from soul purified from all etain,
we wish on this occasion to open with
apostolic liberality the celestial treasury Of
indulgences of which the dispensation is
confided to US, SO that, encouraged thereby
to true repentance and purified from ali
n m the sacrament OF penance, the faith
ful may approach with greater confidence
to the throne Of God, and obtain, by this
opportune assistance, His mercy and His
grace.
With this intention we announce to the
whole Catholic world an indulgence in tho
torn Of jubilee. In the name of God
most powerful and most merciful, support
ed by the authority Of the holy apostles,
st. Peter and St. Paul, in virtue of the
power of binding and loosing with which
our Lord has invested US, however un-
worthy, we grant plenary indulgence,
and remission Of all their sins, as it is
granted in the year of jubilee, to all the
faithful of both sexes, either dwelling in
'ur much-lovcd city of Rome, or having
ome within her wall, who shall besween
the first of June and the day of the closing
Of the oecumenical council convoked by us,
visit the basilicas Of ST. John Lateran, the
prince of the apostles, and st. Marie Ma
jore, or at least visit one of them twics
and devoutly pray there for some time for
the conversion of sinners, for the propa.
CATION of the faith, and for the peace, tron-
guilty, and triumph of the Catholic
Church who in addition to the accustom-
I'd fast of the Ember days, shall fast for
three days, even not consecutively, that is
TO say, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday,
and who, in the course of time, shall have
confessed their sins, reverently received
the holy sacrament of the eucharist, and
given some aims according to their power.
| 10 all not living in Rome, we grant the
same plenary indulgence, and remission
of their sins, on condition of their visiting,
within the given time. the churches which
shall be pointed out by the ordinary of the
place, or the Wears to whom the charge of
souls is committed, and fulfilling the CON-
ditions already spoken Of This indulgence
is applicable to the souls in purgatory.
Travellers by land and sea may gain it
by fulfilling the conditions and visiting
twice the cathedral or parish church of the
place where they are.
AS to the regulars of either sex who live
In monasteries, and all persons, whether
lay or clerical. seeu,a, or regular, who are
detained in prison, for any cause deprived
of their liberty, or prevented by sickness
or other obstacles, shall find it impossible
to comply with the conditions, we grant to
any confessor approved by the bishop, the
power of committing the works of pety for
some others, or of postponins them to
future time not distant, or of prescribing
such things as these penitents may be able
to perform. Conf ssors may also dispense
from communion those children who have
not yet made their first communion.
Also, to the faithful, secular and regu-
lar, of whatsoever order or institute they
may be, we grant the power of choosing
confessor either secular or regular pros
vided they choose one approved by the
bishop. This permission is extended to
all religious novices and others.
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Ring Of the Fisherman, the llth of April,
1860, the Odd YEA, oi our p"nti iicate.
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