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And there's me thinking that 500 years after Martin Luther nailed his thesis to a church door, we'd done away with pardoners, sellers of Holy relics and indulgences.

Now let's be clear, an 'indulgence' is something that Catholics of yester-year would buy with cold, hard cash to admonish them from all sin, and guarantee a place in Paradise with 20 virgins. (oops, sorry, wrong religion).

Child-raping murderer with cash to spare? Worry ye not. Sign here, hand over a few gold pieces, and you'll be sipping Chardonnay with the Christ within seconds of your terminal Myocardial Infarction. Yay!

So ze new Cherman Pope has confirmed that to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Virgin (tm) Mary's appearance at Lourdes is offering up indulgences.

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I have no clue what the fUck this guy was thinking of, but he's infallible, so it must be wise.

You have always still been able to earn indulgences in the RC church. You just stopped giving money directly for them.
For Instance if you go to nine first friday services, not that many churches have them anymore, or a series of novina's you could earn a full indulgence.
You could earn partial indulgences by saying ejaculations a few times a day.

I don't think that child-raping axe murderers go to Purgatory.

That said, I think the concept of indulgences is silly.

Well after that nose-thumbing at His Holiness's infallibility, I suspect you'll now need an inventory full of indulgences to save your soul.

Pity. My inventory is largely filled with unfinished quest widgets and out-dated equipment I keep for sentimental reasons.

It's true.

But if they went through Reconciliation then they wouldn't have been going to Hell anyway, indulgence or not.