The pope’s new purgatory pardons
35 Comments by December 7 1:16 PMIndulgences, which helped spur on the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century, continue to crop up in Roman Catholicism. The BBC reports:
Pope Benedict XVI has authorised special indulgences to mark the 150th anniversary of the Virgin Mary’s reputed appearance at Lourdes.
(HT: Tim Challies)








