The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-03-14
THE JUBILEE.
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AS the Holy Father, in declaring the con- 4
ditiops of the Jubilee, has named four
churches to be visited in the city Of Rome,
and directed that the same must be done
in other cities, question has been raised a.
to what is to be done in places where there
is only one church. This question is an
swered by the following decree Of the
Congregation of Indulgences, translatiOa
of which we have been requested to pub.
lish The Decree may be found in Prinzi.
Wallis Collection, p. 500, No. 622, Rome
1862. The substance of it may be found
in Curry, Ratisbon Edit. 1874:
| "In the Sacred Congregation Of Indul-
| pences and Sacred Relics. assembled in the
Vatican Palace, on the 10th day of Febru-
airy, 1852, two questions were proposed for
solution
"lst. In Jubilee, ordinary or extraor.
dinary, are all the rules laid down by our
Holy Father Benedict XIV, which are not
contrsdicted by the Bull of the Jubilee, to
be observed?
god. In the Bull of the Jubilee, the
visitation of several churches of the same
city or place is usually prescribed. But in
many places there is one church only. Can
the Bishop, in this case, substitute some
other pious work for the viaitation Of
the other churches; or may he appoint
some chapel, altar, cross, or other holy
place to be visited instead oil these
churches Z
s "Their Eminepces, the Fathers of the
3 Congregation, in general assembly sitting
as above, having maturely weighed the
), matter, agreed to respond in the affirma-
= tive to the first question. But as to the
8 second, they determined as follows:
il "The Holy Father is to be petitioRed to
J. concede by General Decree to the ordina.
= ries the faculty of visiting one church as
many times as there are churches to be
. visited for gaining the Jubilee Concern
= ing all which reference to our Holy Lord,
'r Plus TX, was made by me; the undereigned,
J. Cardinal Project of the Sacred CoDgrega.
1T ton, in an audience bad on the 18th day Of
" March, 1852, and bis Holiness, in his
- Apostolic benignity, approved the solution
~ of the same Congregation, and benignly
70 conceded to ordinaries the proposed
Id commanded that the aforesaid concession
se should be made known to all through the
or publication of General Decree.
"Given at Rome, from the Office of the
Secretary of the Sacred Congregation OIL
70 Indulgences.
II "a. COLINDo, Secret"
OF RECENT DECISIONS OF THE SACRED PENI
80 TERTIARY.
re The Sacred Penitentary on the occasion
of the Jubilee, under date of the 25th o
en- January, 1875, made the following declare
OF tons by Apostolic authority
We ]. His Holiness permits the faithful will
the due dispositions to be absolved of th
ld- crime of heresy during the Jubilee, witt
The the obligation of abjuring their errors o
mo heresy, of repairing scandals, ETC., as b
,,. rule required.
'of @ He also declares that absolution frol
home censures and reserved cases can onl
ect he given once in virtue of the pTesel
Jubilee, and that likewise the Indulgen'
avs of the Jubilee itself can only be game
once, and that the Indulgences granted
the Holy See not expressly suspended
:. withdrawn remain in their full vigor.
J., 3. He declares that a single confess
and communion will not suffice to fulfil &
the Easter precept, and at the same time
els gain the jubilee.