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 word Purgatory is related to the verb - to purge - which means to cleanse or purify. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC): All who die in God's grace and friendship ...

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 ...

Purgatory blurred the boundary between the ... but he has never been canonized by the Catholic Church. He’s practically a personification of Ireland, but he was born in Britain.

Development plans for St. Charles Catholic Church in Clarendon have descended into planning purgatory. The brick church, which occupies a large piece of land near Northside Social and George Mason ...

Fascinating as a case study in the resolution of Biblical inconsistency, purgatory is still more interesting in context, a central component in a revolutionary refashioning of Latin Christianity.