Is it the case, as some spiritual writers suggest, that the least pains in purgatory surpass the greatest earthly suffering? Or, as others propose, that the joys of purgatory surpass the greatest ...

Hell as a crater, Purgatory as a peak Burbery’s interpretation gives new meaning to the geography of the Divine Comedy. In this account, Satan’s fall does not just open a pit. The impact pushes the ...

Q. I have an Evangelical friend at work who claims that the Catholic belief in Purgatory is not scriptural. What should I say to him? A. I want to answer that question by first using Scripture and ...