Purgatory is a temporary state for souls in friendship with God ... The clause, "he will suffer loss," implies temporary hardship and punishment, even though he will be saved.

For the Nov. 2 feast of All Souls, a fresh look at the Church’s teaching on indulgences — which can be gained for the suffering souls in purgatory (and for ourselves) not just on special ...

On All Souls Day, and every day, there is one visitor to purgatory that the souls there especially long to see. Unknown, “Our Lady of Mount Carmel Comforting Souls in Purgatory,” late 17th ...

With regard to souls in purgatory, the Council of Florence (1438-1443) said that “if they have died repentant for their sins and having love of God, but have not made satisfaction for things ...

The comfort that our prayers offer our loved ones in the afterlife also comforts us, just as we share their suffering, as St. Paul wrote: “If one member [of Christ’s Body] suffers, all suffer ...

The Church teaches that souls in Purgatory rely on the prayers of souls still on Earth to relieve some of their temporal suffering and speed their journey to Heaven. In return, the souls in ...

After passing though the suffering in purgatory, the cleansed soul is taken to Heaven. This belief is backed by St. Paul who supposedly alluded to Purgatory in 1 Corinthians 3:13, 15.It reads ...

‘ETERNAL Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the masses said throughout the world today, for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory, for sinners ...

I passed by at a bookshop at OR Tambo, I saw a crimson coloured book, on whose cover was carved the image of the cross. It was titled Red April by Peruvian author, Santiago Roncagliolo, a murder ...