In purgatory, souls can't pray for themselves — but we can. It's our duty to help all fellow members of Christ's Mystical Body, starting with our loved ones, says Father Hodge.

Children’s prayers are powerful and can help the holy souls reach heaven. With the Church’s teaching on purgatory, children discover that they are part of something much bigger than they might ...

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 ...

On All Souls’ Day, Nov. 2, Catholics pray for the poor souls in purgatory—those believed to be completing their journey to heaven. ... “Remember the holy souls all year-round,” she said.

Our prayers and sacrifices aid souls in purgatory in the process of purification," he said. When a person dies, their soul either goes to heaven, hell or purgatory, according to website Catholic ...

(RNS) A reworked version of purgatory is something that has intrigued some Protestants, and it seems to have won over more than a few. (RNS) This Sunday (Nov. 2), on what is known as All Souls ...

and have the desire to pray. Amen.” St. Alphonsus Liguori (1697-1787), from his Novena for the Holy Souls in Purgatory: “Blessed Souls, I have prayed for thee; I entreat thee, who are so dear ...

MANILA, Philippines—“Let us pray for the departed.” This was the message of Rev. Fr. Dennis Lauron to people who came to hear Mass on All Saints’ Day, stressing that “all of us, who ...

ROME, Italy — The Museo delle Anime del Purgatorio (Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory) is actually just a small room in a 17th-century convent within the same building as Chiesa del Sacro ...