Tag purgatory

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

Purgatory is not hell

Le purgatoire n'est pas l'enfer

Purgatory is not hell. It is the antechamber to paradise, and is both justice and mercy.

After death, a necessary purification

Le purgatoire, une purification après la mort

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.

Can we expect to encounter our loved ones after we die?

Au ciel, revoir ceux que nous avons aimés ?

Christians believe in the resurrection of the body and in life everlasting. Indeed, the deceased are well alive in heaven. Faced with death, one might doubt such a reality, especially so as most often demise is experienced as a breach in relationships. In such a context, after we die, will we see our loved ones?

Touching hearts, even beyond death

Toucher les cœurs, même après la mort

Lecture about Purgatory, by Msgr. Celestino Migliore, Apostolic Nuncio to France, on the feast of the Ascension of Our Lord, on May 26, 2022.