Every week, we ask readers to think like an advice columnist and submit their advice to a question Carolyn Hax hasn’t answered. As the youngest of five, this letter writer is tired of not being ...

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 ...

1 Peter 1:7 Another commonly misunderstood teaching of the Church concerns Purgatory. Purgatory is not a second-chance for damned souls to repent. Instead it is a state of cleansing and ...