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Extra, Extra! News and views for December 21, 2022

December 21, 2022 CWR Staff 4

Purgatory Now – “The practicing Catholic starts with the end-goal of heaven and more specifically the Beatific Vision, and, in working backwards, knows they must die in a state of grace in order to enjoy […]

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Why do Catholics pray for the dead? — and other questions about purgatory answered

November 2, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

A memento mori at the Teutonic Cemetery in the Vatican / Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Rome Newsroom, Nov 2, 2022 / 06:00 am (CNA).
On All Souls’ Day, the Catholic Church remembers all those who have died and prays for them in a particular way.But why do C… […]

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All Souls Day and the final purification of the elect

November 2, 2022 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 3

Editor’s note: The following homily was preached on the Commemoration of All Souls, November 2, 2022, at Our Lady of the Atonement Church in San Antonio (Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter). Allow me […]

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Dying and rising In union with Christ: On All Souls Day

November 1, 2022 Fr. Charles Fox 3

If you aren’t nerdy enough to read The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien and also the appendices to the books, then you aren’t nerdy enough. I’m kidding, of course, but it is true […]

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Why this saint is the patron of souls in purgatory

September 10, 2022 Catholic News Agency 4

The baroque fresco of St. Nicholas of Tolentino by Morazzone, 16th century, in the side nave of Chiesa di San Agostino (Basilica of St. Augustine) in Rome. / Renata Sedmakova/Shutterstock

St. Louis, Mo., Sep 10, 2022 / 06:00 am (CNA).
The Catho… […]

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A novel depiction of the ups, downs, joys, and healing found in Purgatory

August 6, 2022 Rachel Hoover Canto 9

Fictional portrayals of purgatory have a grand lineage. Dante climbed the seven-tiered mountain centuries ago, and Tolkien placed his character Niggle (in the short story “Leaf by Niggle”) in a sort of otherworldly hospital-cum-labor camp. […]

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Purgatory: The Book, the Movie, and the Teaching

August 4, 2022 Kathy Schiffer 7

Our souls demand Purgatory, don’t they? Would it not break the heart if God said to us, “It is true, my son, that your breath smells and your rags drip with mud and slime, but […]

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Why Catholics should contemplate the four last things during Advent

December 20, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

"Memento Mori: An Advent Companion on the Last Things,” by Sr. Theresa Aletheia / Courtesy of the Daughters of St. Paul

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 20, 2021 / 14:10 pm (CNA).
Catholics should contemplate death in preparation for Baby Je… […]

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Have souls in Purgatory visited people on earth?

November 2, 2021 Catholic News Agency 6

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Vatican City, Nov 2, 2021 / 14:30 pm (CNA).
Nestled in Rome just outside the Vatican, a small unassuming museum dedicated to the souls in Purgatory displays simple items such as prayer books and clothing…. […]

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Should Catholics talk to their dead loved ones? 

November 1, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

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Denver, Colo., Nov 1, 2021 / 18:30 pm (CNA).
In the 2017 Disney-Pixar movie “Coco,” the main character, Miguel, accidentally passes over into the land of the dead on Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the D… […]

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