You know NOBODY here ever said or even implied that there was anything "officially" published by the Vatican that approved of the abuse of the Indulgences scheme. That wasn't the point at all. Instead it was the tacit and, sometimes overt approval of accepting money in exchange for indulgences granted by the Pope. I don't think anyone asserted that buying an indulgence for ones' sin did away with confession and penance, either. However, buying a loved one out of Purgatory's suffering was also an advocated use of Indulgences.
I personally don't believe that such a place exists or that there is a "Treasury of Merit" where all the extraneous good works done by Jesus, Mary and the Saints are banked and can be distributed by the Pope as credit to another's "grace tank" to help their soul make it to heaven sooner. Get rid of the unscriptural idea of Purgatory and you don't need all the extra stuff that goes along with it.
Absent from the body, present with the Lord, as Paul put it...and, no, it wasn't because he was martyred for Jesus' sake. He knew that he was saved by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ.
“You know NOBODY here ever said or even implied that there was anything “officially” published by the Vatican that approved of the abuse of the Indulgences scheme. ”
The pope laundered the sale of indulgences and used them to build a worldly edifice.
There is no evidence he returned them.
The building was completed and still stands.