I think that Christianity left this organization a very long time ago. It will go down in history as a pathetic attempt to widen the circle enough to allow in the very people that God said should NOT be in the circle. NO UNCLEAN THING can enter the Kingdom of Heaven. We are all welcome there, but we have to cast aside every sin and can do this only through the name and merits of Jesus Christ. What is so hard about that basic doctrine that has to be maniuplated by churches? In the end, the churches will all end up lining up against one—and it will surprise the hell out of everyone except members of that one church...and it will surpise many of them as well.
That's why there is Purgatory. - So that good Christians, who aren't perfectly clean can get in.
I'm less prepared to enter Heaven than I am to attend a black tie dinner. And believe me. I'm not prepared to attend a black tie dinner tonight.
It doesn't matter whether someone believes in Purgatory or not. If it exists, and you're Heaven bound, you'll visit there someday.