Is Purgatory Real?
Question: What exactly is purgatory? Has the teaching of it fallen out of favour? And if purgatory exists, what happens there? Answer: Even in Old Testament times,...
Purgatory
Vatican offers indulgence for visiting elderly, celebrating grandparents day
By Justin McLellan, CNS – Catholics who celebrate the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly July 23 can receive a plenary indulgence, which is a remission...
Does the Church still believe in Purgatory?
Question: My whole life I believed that the Catholic Church teaches the existence of purgatory. But I have heard from several people that the Church has dropped...
See Purgatory as Joyful Purification
Fr Ralph de Hahn, Cape Town – Your October 24 edition featured a traditional interpretation of purgatory, with a plea to offer prayer and indulgences for the...
