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Nov

11

2009

Part 4: What's So Painful About Purgatory?

By pfinley

Many saints testify that the deepest suffering of the souls in purgatory comes from longing for union with God.

Nov

04

2009

By pfinley

Also, how are we to understand "temporal" and "eternal" punishment that is due to sin?

Oct

27

2009

By pfinley

The doctrine of purgatory is "common ground" between the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodoxy. So where does the trouble begin?

Oct

21

2009

By pfinley

This four-part series was prompted not so much by a question as by a challenge.