[Iscool]

Pope Benedict himself said several years ago that he did not believe that the reality of Purgatory corresponds to the lurid depictions of the sufferings of the Poor Souls in some literature. Since the souls in Purgatory are in the state of grace, there is no warrant for speculations that depict them as practically suffering the torments of the damned!

So everyone in purgatory may be sitting poolside with an umbrella drink next to an empty swimming pool???

It has been stated by gazillions of Catholics that (by perverting 1Cor 3:13 by misquoting it) Catholics will go thru the fire...NOW, your pope says that isn't true??? So what does your pope say purgatory is???

[Arthur McGowan]

You are like a manic-depressive. Do I need to try to talk you back from each swing in each direction?