Purgatory is a temporary state for souls in friendship with God (i.e. saved) who need cleansing from the bad effects, mess, scandal and attachments (attraction to sin) still remaining from ...

What the Catechism of the Catholic Church says on "Purgatory:" 1031. "The Church gives the name Purgatory to this final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment ...

The ‘Purgatory Lady’ conveys the concept in a kid-friendly manner. A Service of EWTN News, Inc. EWTN News, Inc. is the world’s largest Catholic news organization, ...

The pains of purgatory are like those endured by the athlete or artist in quest of perfection. A pianist must learn to read music, practice every day, take instruction from the master and ...

Purgatory Parole How Catholic “indulgences” work. By Nina Shen Rastogi. Feb 13, 2009 6:57 PM. Can you calculate your time in purgatory? Copy Link Share Share Comment ...

Under Catholic belief, after confessing and being absolved of sin, the indulgences granted reduce the amount of time one spends in purgatory, where one's sins are weighed after death.

2. It’s still about grace, not works. Critics of purgatory say it was an invention of medieval Catholicism, and in fact Rome only explicitly defined the doctrine in the 13th century.

Purgatory was defined at the Council of Trent in 1545-1563: “Whereas the Catholic Church, instructed by the Holy Ghost, has from the Sacred Scriptures and the ancient tradition of the Fathers ...

It”s weird to be back in the Our Lady of La Salette parish center after all this time. It reminds me of pancake breakfasts and Sunday school and construction paper and dumb icebreakers at confirmation ...

I’m sure you can imagine my surprise, when in the Oct. 29 edition of “Religion Roundtable,” I discovered that a unique question of Catholic doctrine was posed to two protestant ...