The poet Dante pictured purgatory as a mountain, but Middletown's Purgatory Chasm is the inverse: a deep crevice that drops 50-plus feet into the ocean below. Its parents were prehistoric glaciers.

Purgatory by the Book. In addition to Tradition, ... nor draw away from you. Enter into the joy’? Should we not reply, ‘With submission, sir, and if there is no objection, ...

Dante was the first writer to draw an elaborate map of Mount Purgatory, but he did not invent it.The idea of a place between death and heaven, as well as the practice of praying for the dead ...

The ‘Purgatory Lady’ conveys the concept in a kid-friendly manner. A Service of EWTN News, Inc. ... prayers that they can say or drawings they can make, and share this book with them.

During the general audience, Benedict XVI introduces the figure of Saint Catherine of Genoa, well known for her Treatise on Purgatory. Her life an example, especially for women ...