Indulgences, Apostolic

Indulgences, Apostolic
Indulgences, Apostolic
Those which the Roman pontiff, the successor of the Prince of the Apostles, attaches to the crosses, crucifixes, chaplets, rosaries, images, and medals which he blesses, either with his own hand or by those to whom he has delegated this faculty

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