Christian faithful the world over are invited join Pope Francis spiritually in prayer 6pm Rome time (5pm London, 1pm EDT). From the steps of St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis will lead the moment of prayer, which will consist of readings from Sacred Scripture, prayers of supplication, adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, and the benediction urbi et orbi — a solemn blessing given “to the city and to the world” —  by Pope Francis, which has a plenary indulgence attached to it, available to the faithful under conditions established in the a recent decree of the Apostolic Penitentiary: