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Catholics believe in a place called purgatory. "Purgatory is a state of being in which souls are cleansed by purifying punishments before they can enter Heaven (Religious Tolerance)." Catholics believe that "if you die in the love of God but possess any "stains of sin," such stains are cleansed away in a purifying process called purgatory" (The Redemptorists 42). "These stains of sin are primarily the temporal punishment due to venial or mortal sins already forgiven but for which sufficient penance was done during your lifetime" (The Redemptorists 42). Catholics also believe that those people on Earth can pray for souls in purgatory in order to help send them onto Heaven more quickly, by helping them through the purifying process. |
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