Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook It”s weird to be back in the Our Lady of La Salette parish center after all this time. It reminds ...

“Remember, remember, the month of November” is a phrase that was echoed when I lived in England. November was the month when everyone remembered the attempted plot to blow up parliament by Guy Fawkes.

Editor's note: Eugene Cullen Kennedy, who died June 3, 2015, was one of the most prolific and insightful observers of the Catholic Church in the modern era. Following is the first of two pieces on the ...

The Catholic Church associates the image of fire with the final purification known as purgatory. Why does it do this? Is there a scriptural basis for this image? Also, what kind of fire is this? In ...

On All Souls’ Day, the Catholic Church remembers all those who have died and prays for them in a particular way. But why do Catholics pray for the souls of the dead — not only on Nov. 2 but also on ...

Among the doctrines that have divided Protestants from Catholics since the Reformation has been the doctrine of purgatory. But recently, fresh overtures from the Catholic side—such as the book by ...

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. Nothing too unusual, until you realize ...

Q: You said, "Christianity accepted this Jewish view of the afterlife but over time elaborated on the idea of hell to contain elements of purgatory." This is not the first time I have written to ...

(RNS) A reworked version of purgatory is something that has intrigued some Protestants, and it seems to have won over more than a few. (RNS) This Sunday (Nov. 2), on what is known as All Souls’ Day, ...