Questions
about Purgatory and Indulgences
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April 2010
If my sin is already forgiven, why will I still be punished . . . namely with suffering?
January 2010
What is the truth about Purgatory, Limbo, and indulgences and is there Scriptural proof for them?
January 2010
What does 'Masses for the Dead are requested' mean, what is the procedure, and what's proper?
January 2010
How
do I explain indulgences to my non-Catholic
friends and parish students?
January 2010
How many indulgences can I receive in a day and do I have to go to Confession to receive them?
September 2009
Why do Catholics pray for the Dead and why don't those who have accepted Jesus go to Heaven?
September 2009
What is Purgatory, why does it only apply to Catholics, and what is the Scriptural basis for this?
February 2009
Why such extreme veneration of Mary calling her Queen
and what does cause of salvation
February 2009
Will Purgatory still exist on the Last Day and, if not, what happens to those still not purified?
October 2008
Where can I get books on indulgences and a list of Church indulgences?
October 2008
Will Purgatory end one
day and who created microorganisms that cause
infectious diseases?
July 2008
What is the Church's teaching on Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory and why pray to Mary and the saints?
July 2008
Does 1 Peter 1:6 refer to Purgatory seeing it references trials here on earth and not after death?
July 2008
Are all Christians called to the same grade of sanctity?
April 2008
Why
do Catholics go to such extremes
to try to get out of Purgatory?
April 2008
Can the Holy Souls in Purgatory pray for me or offer me their prayers?
April 2008
Will praying a Rosary
before the Blessed Sacrament in Adoration release one soul from
Purgatory?
April 2007
Is the Church re-visiting the idea of Purgatory and perhaps changing or eliminating the teaching?
April 2006
Can you answer some questions from a Lutheran on the Rosary, Mary, Voodoo, and Purgatory?
April 2006
Is Purgatory a state or permanent place, like Heaven or Hell, and is it motivated by God or us?
April 2006
Why does
Catholic doctrine require one to repeat certain prayers
while saying the Rosary?
June 2005
Who gave the Catholic Church the authority to change the Ten Commandments, like the fourth — on keeping the Sabbath holy?
April 2005
Why does the Church teach doctrines like Purgatory or Limbo when they are not in the Bible?
November 2003
Can you help me defend each rebuttal in "Reasons why Purgatory does not exist from a Protestant view."?
November 2003
Do you know where you're going when you die and can you explain what Ephesians 2:8-9 means?
November 2003
If you have a Mass said for a soul in Purgatory and that soul is already in Heaven, what happens to the grace from that Mass?
November 2000
Are indulgences wrong and un-Scriptural or does the Church approve of them — and, if so, why?
November 2000
How can the merits of the Saints, or the living, help a penitent appropriately restore their soul?
August 2000
What is the meaning, purpose, and history of indulgences?
August 2000
Why did the robber on the Cross die and go to Heaven when we will be years in Purgatory?
August 2000
When the Church canonizes a Saint does it mean they bypassed Purgatory and when straight to Heaven?
