Purgatory is a place of healing
Purgatory is often frightening. Yet in the Catholic tradition, it is above all a place of healing and purification. The sanctuary at Montligeon, dedicated to praying for the dead, offers a chance to rediscover this.
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How long shall we spend in purgatory?
Since purgatory is a preparatory stage to paradise, it would seem that we spend a certain amount of time there. But the most pressing question is: how much?
What is the purpose of purgatory?
Far from being a time to suffer God's vengeance, Purgatory is where we will be purified and learn to love
Christian de Cacqueray discusses death and dying with Don Paul Denizot
In Conversation sur la mort avec Christian de Cacqueray, don Paul Denizot discusses openly about death. The fact that our secularized West chooses to ignore it undoubtedly causes more anguish. What if we decided to face it?
Purgatory is not hell
Purgatory is not hell. It is the antechamber to paradise, and is both justice and mercy.
After death, a necessary purification
Purgatory belongs to the Catholic faith. However, aspects of it can be found in other cultures and religions, which affirm that purification is necessary after death.
How we can atone and repair our sins in Purgatory
Atonement and reparation in purgatory are liberating and healing. They take place over time, which is a mark of God's tenderness and patience.
Are ghosts real?
Slamming doors, noisy shuffles, familars and other unexplained presence... the stories testifying of those strange, blood-curdling phenomena are countless. Are ghosts real? We asked don Paul Denizot, for the radio program RCF Sanctuaires normands.
Can you change your mind once you are in hell?
Can the damned, the very people whom, in our imagination, are roasting in the fires of hell, change their mind after all? Find out more with Rev. Fr. Thomas Lapenne who refreshes a few truths on what hell is about, and how the dramatic possibility of ending there out of one's free will engages one's responsibility in one's daily life.
“Praying for the souls in purgatory is vital.” A nursing assistant testifies.
In a most touching testimony, Sylvia and Franck share how their lives changed entirely once they encountered God in their life. And, furthermore, how they discovered the potency of praying for the souls in purgatory.