DURANGO — By all historical accounts, there is no "River of Lost Souls" running through Durango. So how is it that over the years that's become the adopted, dramatized name ...

Praying for the Holy Souls in Purgatory--even referring to them that way, in fact--can seem like a quaint, old-fashioned, pre-Vatican II approach to Catholicism. It can feel like a made up sort of ...

LITTLE ROCK — When describing the mysterious concept called purgatory, the catechism of the Catholic Church starts with the basics. “All who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still ...

The whole theology for Masses for the poor souls in purgatory has been lost in recent years, says Father McCabe, who sees Tassone bringing attention back to this grace.

O gentle Heart of Jesus, ever present in the blessed sacrament, ever consumed with burning love for the poor captive souls in Purgatory, have mercy on them. Be not severe in your judgments, but ...

Before the finale, the scribes who had been running "Lost" — Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse — said their creation would end by focusing on how the Oceanic Flight 815 survivors answered ...