How unusual is detachment from sin?
How hard is it to gain a plenary indulgence? Not as hard as some people think, argued Fr Timothy Finigan at The Hermeneutic of Continuity. It’s certainly worth knowing the answer, as a plenary indulgence removes all the temporal punishment due for sins, in this life or in purgatory.
Pope St Paul VI explained that to gain an indulgence, you need to perform the action specified by the Church, as well as “sacramental Confession, Eucharistic Communion and prayer for the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff. It is further required that all attachment to sin, even to venial sin, be absent.”
