Explainer: What are indulgences? April 10, 2024By David Werning OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments Indulgences, however, are a way that the church “as minister of the Redemption” intervenes on behalf of a penitent by using its God-given authority to dispense all the temporal punishments of sin (a plenary indulgence), or a portion of them (a partial indulgence), by the application of the satisfaction won by Christ and the saints.
