Word: orbis
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Pontiff chose the theme of life and death for his traditional Easter message, "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city of Rome and the world), saying Easter testifies that "God does not resign himself to man's death...
...many years, Roman Catholics who were present in St. Peter's Square when the Pope delivered his traditional Christmas and Easter blessings urbi et orbi (to the city and the world) have been offered the opportunity for a plenary indulgence. In Catholic teaching, such a papal grant from the spiritual "treasury of merits" built up by Christ, Mary and the saints means that the recipient is freed from punishment in purgatory for sins...