Editing Indulgence (section)

=====Plenary indulgences=====
Among the particular grants, which, on closer inspection, will be seen to be included in one or more of the four general grants, especially the first, the {{lang|la|Enchiridion Indulgentiarum}} draws special attention<ref name="ReferenceA"/> to four activities for which a plenary indulgence can be gained on any day, though only once a day:
# Piously reading or listening to [[Bible|Sacred Scripture]] for at least half an hour.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
# [[Eucharistic adoration|Adoration]] of Jesus in the [[Eucharist]] for at least half an hour.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
# The pious exercise of the [[Stations of the Cross]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
# Recitation of the [[Rosary]] or the [[Akathist]] in a church or oratory, or in a family, a religious community, an association of the faithful and, in general, when several people come together for an honourable purpose.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

The prayers specifically mentioned in the {{lang|la|Enchiridion Indulgentiarum}} are not of the [[Latin Church]] tradition alone, but also from the traditions of the [[Eastern Catholic Churches]], such as the [[Akathistos]], [[Paraklesis]], ''Evening Prayer'', and ''Prayer for the Faithful Departed'' (Byzantine), ''Prayer of Thanksgiving'' (Armenian), ''Prayer of the Shrine'' and the ''Lakhu Mara'' (Chaldean), ''Prayer of Incense'' and ''Prayer to Glorify Mary the Mother of God'' (Coptic), ''Prayer for the Remission of Sins'' and ''Prayer to Follow Christ'' (Ethiopian), ''Prayer for the Church'', and ''Prayer of Leave-taking from the Altar'' (Maronite), and ''Intercessions for the Faithful Departed'' (Syrian).

Besides the above actions, the 1968 Enchiridion of Indulgences lists the following actions as granting a plenary indulgence:<ref name="catholic.org"/>
* First Communion
* first Mass of a newly ordained priest

======Special indulgences======
A plenary indulgence may also be gained on some occasions, which are not everyday occurrences. They include but are not limited to:
* Receiving, even by radio or television, the blessing given by the Pope {{lang|la|[[Urbi et Orbi]]}} ('to the city [of Rome] and to the world') or that which a bishop is authorized to give three times a year to the faithful of his diocese.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
* Taking part devoutly in the celebration of a day devoted on a world level to a particular religious purpose.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Under this heading come the annual celebrations such as the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, and occasional celebrations such as [[World Youth Day]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wyd2008.org/index.php/en/media__1/news_archives/plenary_indulgence |work=[[World Youth Day 2008]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070902132854/http://www.wyd2008.org/index.php/en/media__1/news_archives/plenary_indulgence |archive-date=2 September 2007 |title=Plenary Indulgence |access-date=2 November 2019 |year=2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cairns.catholic.org.au/wyd2008/journey.html |title=World Youth Day 2008, Cairns, Queensland, Australia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206135404/http://www.cairns.catholic.org.au/wyd2008/journey.html |archive-date=6 December 2007 |access-date=2 November 2019 |date=15 October 2007 |first=Ben |last=O'Donoghue |work=Catholic Diocese of Cairns}}</ref>
*Taking part for at least three full days in a [[retreat (spiritual)|spiritual retreat]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
*Taking part in some functions during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

Special indulgences are also granted on occasions of particular spiritual significance such as a [[Jubilee (Christianity)|jubilee year]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ewtn.com/jubilee/indulgence/index.htm |title=The Great Jubilee Indulgence |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528093302/http://www.ewtn.com/Jubilee/indulgence/index.htm |archive-date=28 May 2019 |access-date=2 November 2019 |work=Jubilee 2000|publisher=[[Ewtn.com]]}}</ref> or the centenary or similar anniversary of an event such as the apparition of [[Our Lady of Lourdes]].<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/tribunals/apost_penit/documents/rc_trib_appen_doc_20071121_decreto-lourdes_en.html |title=Grant of indulgence on the occasion of the 150th apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Lourdes |date=21 November 2007 |access-date=2 November 2019 |first=Cardinal James Francis |last=Stafford |author-link=James Francis Stafford |editor-first=Gianfranco |editor-last=Girotti |editor-link=Gianfranco Girotti |journal=[[Vatican.va]]}}</ref>

======Apostolic Blessing======
Of particular significance is the plenary indulgence attached to the [[Apostolic Blessing]] that a priest is to impart when giving the sacraments to a person in danger of death, and which, if no priest is available, the church grants to any rightly disposed Christian at the moment of death, on condition that that person was accustomed to say some prayers during life. In this case the church itself makes up for the three conditions normally required for a plenary indulgence: sacramental confession, Eucharistic communion and prayer for the Pope's intentions.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>