Vatican Grants Plenary Indulgence For St. Thomas Aquinas Jubilee Celebrations ncregister.com
The Vatican is granting a plenary indulgence to anyone who participates in the two years of jubilee celebrations of St. Thomas Aquinas leading up to the 800th anniversary of his birth.
Beginning with the 700th anniversary of Aquinas’ canonization on July 18, the Dominican Order is celebrating three significant anniversaries of “the Angelic Doctor” during the jubilee.
Aquinas was canonized as a saint on July 18, 1323, by Pope John XXII. The Church will mark this 700th anniversary next Tuesday with a Mass at 6:30 p.m. in Fossanova Abbey, the abbey about 60 miles south of Rome where Aquinas died. Pope Francis has designated Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, the prefect of the Vatican’s saints office, as his special envoy for the Mass.
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