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Plenary Indulgence.


PRAYER BEFORE A CRUCIFIX.

A plenary indulgence, applicable to the souls in purgatory, may be gained by all the faithful, who, after having confessed their sins with contrition, received the Holy Communion, and prayed for the intentions of the Sovereign Pontiff, shall devoutly recite this prayer, kneeling before an image or representation of Christ crucified.