Purgatory:
1 Cor 3:9-16 For we are God' s coadjutors: you are God' s husbandry; you are God' s building. According to the grace of God that is given to me, as a wise architect, I have laid the foundation; and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. For other foundation no man can lay, but that which is laid; which is Christ Jesus. Now if any man build upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble: Every man' s work shall be manifest; for the day of the Lord shall declare it, because it shall be revealed in fire; and the fire shall try every man' s work, of what sort it is. If any man' s work abide, which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man' s work burn, he shall suffer loss; but he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire.
Relying upon the MSM:
We make a very serious mistake if we rely on media like the New York Times, Newsweek, CNN, or MSNBC for reliable news about religion. These news media simply don’t provide trustworthy information about religious faith—and sometimes they can’t provide it, either because of limited resources or because of their own editorial prejudices. These are secular operations focused on making a profit. They have very little sympathy for the Catholic faith, and quite a lot of aggressive skepticism toward any religious community that claims to preach and teach God’s truth.
Archbishop Charles J Chaput, World Youth Day, 2011
Thankfully, CNN decided, rather belatedly, to provide the accurate answer after publishing the ridiculousness.
And, for what it's worth, Here is the actual decree from the Apostolic Penitentiary
Bless you, dear!
Dang, I’ve been up all night retweeting...
The passage has nothing to do with “Purgatory”
The silence from the usual suspects is deafening.
Thanks for the info. But it’s a moot point if there is no purgatory where suffering can be “worked off” by doing good works now.
“That’s a traditional Catholic term for the full remission of the “temporal punishment” in the afterlife due to sin. The theological idea is that by doing good works on earth, or by engaging in pious practices like a pilgrimage, you can help “work off” some of the temporal punishments that may await you after death.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3044475/posts
Here it is again, this time from CBS, such a knowledgeable source ...
So based on the title, Catholics are (still) going to Hell?
CNN, isn’t that the network that used to be owned by that bigot Ted Turner who openly mocked employees with black crosses on their forehead?
“What to do? What to do?” (V.I.Lenin)