Anybody have any experience of requesting copies of papal dispensations?
So far I’ve contacted a bishop, a canon, and a RC archivist. None of them seem to be able to tell me if copies of dispensations exists. I’m talking copies of documents issued in the 20th C - documents that still affect the living, not ones of simply historical/theological interest.
I’ve thought about contacting the office of papal charities, but the only way you can contact them is by letter or fax. And they only seem able to grant dispensations; not to keep/issue copies of past documents.
Anybody have any ideas?