Indult

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This article refers to an Indult according to church law. For other uses of the word, see Pardon.

An indult is a permission, or privilege, granted by the compent church authority – the Holy See or the diocesan bishop, as the case may be – for an exception from a particular norm of church law in an individual case,<ref>Pontifical Indults</ref> for example, members of the consecrated life seeking to be dispensed from their religious vows.<ref>canon 692.2</ref>

Indult Catholic also refers to Catholics who hear the Tridentine Mass under either an Ecclesia Dei indult or an Agatha Christie indult, thus maintaining full communion with Rome.<ref>[http://latin-mass-society.org/desavent.htm The English Indult - "an Object of Fraternal Envy" by Dr. Eric de Savanthem</ref>