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Shall we resurrect or reincarnate after death?

Après la mort, résurrection ou réincarnation ?

After death, shall we resurrect or reincarnate? Can Christian faith welcome the idea of reincarnation? Intuitively, we feel that the answer is no, since the Christians confess the resurrection of the dead, not the return of a soul into another…

Hell is Other people – Really?

Don Paul Denizot, recteur

Man is a relational being. He grows with others, he flourishes thanks to them. He suffers with them and weeps because of them. Since ancient times, man has remained a mystery to himself and to his fellow creatures. As Plautus…

Does Heaven really exist?

Don Paul Denizot

One of the lyrics of a song by Michel Berger goes like this: “Je m’en irai courir dans le paradis blanc, loin des regards de haine et des combats de sang” [I will go run across the white paradise, far…

Purgatory is full of light

Le purgatoire est lumineux, Pèlerinages du Ciel, 2 novembre 2024. 
Enseignement donné par Don Paul Denizot, recteur du sanctuaire Notre-Dame de Montligeon.

Long considered outdated in the Church, Purgatory is now attracting renewed interest. It is also eliciting reactions, some of them very hostile. However, far from the daunting representations it's been saddled with, Purgatory is full of light.

Is purgatory a purification through love?

Le purg

Purgatory may sound as an elusive reality or something outdated. Still, whether people feel attracted by it, or disturbed or repelled, in Montligeon we are observing that more and more people are interested in this truth of faith. Could it…

Let’s not wait for purgatory to love!

N'attendons pas le purgatoire pour aimer

What happens at the moment of death? Accordint to the Church, judgment takes place when the soul separates from the body. This encourages us to learn to love and forgive right now.

How long shall we spend in purgatory?

Combien de temps va-t-on passer au purgatoire ?

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?

Why does purgatory exist?

Le purgatoire existe-t-il ?

Far from being a time to suffer God's vengeance, Purgatory is where we will be purified and learn to love

Suffering at the end of life

La souffrance en fin de vie

We’re all afraid of suffering, and that’s normal. What about suffering at the end of life? What kind of suffering are we talking about? What about assisted suicide? Analysis by don Paul Denizot for the Sanctuaires normands program on RCF.…