Definitely a “Catholic” thing here.
There’s obviously nothing like this mentioned in the Bible.
“Hey, we have a special on plenary indulgences! But act now, because the sale is over come Dec. 8, 2008!”
“Come see our amazing waters and enjoy a premium upgrade into Heaven.”
Consider the source. It figures that The Telegraph, roughly equivalent to our National Enquirer, would put things in such breathlessly oversimplistic terms as possible. One gets the impression that, prior to writing the article, the auther never heard of indulgences, had but the vaguest notion of what Purgatory entails, and still doesn’t know even the background story to what transpired at Lourdes in 1858.
The UK is filled with nothing much more than pagans and Muslims. Christianity there truly has but a remnant status.
***The offer comes as the shrine prepares to commemorate the 150th anniversary of when the Madonna was said to have appeared to a peasant girl in 1858.***
I thought she was in her mid 40’s living in England.
The reporter gets this all worded wrong. Nutzos
[What Every Catholic Needs to Know about] Gaining Indulgences [Catholic/Orthodox Caucus]
One trip to the blood stained cross of Christ will eliminate time any where in eternity except with the Lord! If you don't make that trip...you'll spend eternity in a literal hell. (No tea and cookies...by the way!)
I hope nobody really believes this non-sense, do they? Sounds like something from the golden compass.