Plenary Indulgence

Pope Francis has granted the opportunity for the faithful to obtain a plenary indulgence* in celebration of the 100 ^th anniversary of the Fatima apparitions during the centennial year—November 27, 2016-November 26, 2017.

There are three ways to obtain the plenary indulgence:

1. Make a pilgrimage to the Fatima Shrine in Portugal
   Pilgrims to the Shrine in Portugal are to participate in a celebration of prayer dedicated to the Virgin and also pray the Our Father, recite the Creed and invoke the Virgin Mary.
2. Pray before any Image of Our Lady of Fatima
   Those who visit with devotion an image of Our Lady of Fatima solemnly exposed for public veneration in any church, oratory or proper place during the days of the anniversary of the apparitions (the 13^th of each month from May to October 2017), and there devoutly participate in some celebration or prayer in honor of the Virgin Mary, must also pray the Our Father, recite the Creed, and invoke Our Lady of Fatima.
3. The elderly and infirm
   The faithful who, because of age, illness, or other serious cause, are unable to get around, may pray before an image of Our Lady of Fatima and must spiritually unite themselves to the jubilee celebrations on the days of the apparitions, the 13^th of each month, between May and October 2017. They must also confidently offer to God through Mary, their prayers, sufferings, or the sacrifices they make in their own lives.

The faithful who follow one of these three ways must also fulfill the ordinary conditions:

• Go to Confession and Communion
• Be interiorly detached from sin
• Pray for the intentions of the Pope
• Recite the Creed, the Our Father, Hail Mary, & Glory Be
• Pray before the image of Our Lady of Fatima invoking her help