Let's start by reviewing what the Catechism of the Catholic Church (1030-1032) teaches about Purgatory: Despite this clear doctrine, some people still claim that “we suffer our Purgatory only in this ...

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Editor's note: Eugene Cullen Kennedy, who died June 3, 2015, was one of the most prolific and insightful observers of the Catholic Church in the modern era. Following is the first of two pieces on the ...

Today, on All Souls’ Day, there can be a certain sense of fear and discomfort for many of us. Because we are, to some extent, aware of the sufferings of the souls in Purgatory, the mere thought of it ...

On Sunday, November 2, on the occasion of the feast of All Souls, Pope John Paul II reaffirmed the Catholic teaching on Purgatory as a place of purification in preparation for Heaven, by saying that ...

We take a look at what the Catholic saints and theologians have to say about the afterlife. According to Réginald Marie Garrigou-Lagrange OP (1877–1964), this is a place where almost all souls go for ...

Catechumens hold candles during the Easter Vigil March 31 at St. Hugh of Lincoln Church in Huntington Station, N.Y. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) I was supposed to enter into full communion with the ...

Q: You said, "Christianity accepted this Jewish view of the afterlife but over time elaborated on the idea of hell to contain elements of purgatory." This is not the first time I have written to ...