I remember learning about Purgatory when I was a child.  But when I mention it, even to fellow

Purgatory is a Roman Catholic teaching. The idea is that there is a place where souls go when they die.

A negative perception of purgatory – as necessary to be punished or to repay God – can cause

The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines purgatory as a "purification, so as to achieve the holiness

According to Catholic Apologetics, the doctrine of Purgatory was believed to start in 394 A.D., and