Hisce itaque ab Eminentissimis Patribus mature discussis, Votisque Consultorum perpensis, respondendum esse statuerunt Ad Primum, affirmative; ad Secundum, affirmative; ad Tertium negative.
Datum Romae ex Secretaria S. Congregationis Indulgentiarum die 29 Februarii 1864.
F. Antonius Maria Card. Panebianco Praefectus.
A. Colombo Secretarius.
II. In order to gain the indulgence of the privileged altar, it is required to say a Requiem Mass with black vestments as often as the Rubrics permit. Sometimes this cannot be done; for example, during Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, or when the Mass is to be said in a church where the station is held, or where some Feast is being celebrated. No account of such days having been taken in the General Decrees, the doubt was raised whether in such cases the indulgence of the privileged altar could be gained without saying a Requiem Mass. The following General Decree of the Sacred Congregation of Indulgences, dated April 11, 1864, settles the point:
Decretum.—Urbis et Orbis. Quamplures Romani Cleri Sacerdotes, ac praesertim Animarum Curatores dubium huic Sacrae Congregationi Indulgentiis Sacrisque Reliquiis praepositae enodandum proposuerunt: Utrum, scilicet, Sacerdos, celebrans in Altari Privilegiato legendo Missam de Festo Semiduplici, Simplici, Votivam, vel de Feria non privilegiata sive ratione expositionis Sanctissimi Sacramenti, sive Stationis Ecclesiae, vel alterius Solemnitatis, aut ex rationabili motivo fruatur privilegio ac si legeret Missam de Requie per Rubricas eo dic permissam?
Sacra itaque Congregatio, quae habita fuit apud Vaticanas aedes die 29 Februarii, 1864, auditis Consultorum Votis, respondendum esse duxit Affirmative, deletis tamen verbis "aut ex rationabili motivo" et facto verbo cum Sanctissimo. Facta insuper per me infrascriptum ejusdem S. Congregationis Secretarium Sanctissimo Domino nostro relatione in Audientia diei 11 Aprilis ejusdem anni Sanctitas Sua Eminentissimorum Patrum sententiam benigne confirmavit.
Datum Romae ex Secretaria ipsius S. Congregationis Indulgentiarum die 11 Aprilis, 1864.
F. Antonius Maria Card. Panebianco Praefectus.
A. Colombo Secretarius.