Catholic Answers Live - Life After Death

Questions Covered:

 

• 07:18 - Can the souls in purgatory pray for the living souls on earth? 
• 11:50 - How many days would a person stay in purgatory and is it as harsh as I’ve heard it is? 
• 16:34 – How can we know when a soul has moved on from purgatory? If this is in eternity time is that quick, how does that relate to earthly time? 
• 19:31 - How is free will maintained in the afterlife? 
• 29:18 - I’ve heard at the final judgement, everything we’ve ever done will be revealed, does that count for things we’ve already confessed and been forgiven for? 
• 36:45 - I was taught that if someone dies after they’ve gone to mass and confession directly after divine mercy Sunday, that they are absolved of all forms of their sin. Is that true? I was also told that this is the equivalent of how clean your soul is after baptism, is this true? 
• 40:30 - In the New Testament letters they speak about heaven offering justice, peace and joy. I understand peace and joy in heaven but what about justice. How and why does justice exist in heaven? 
• 47:16 - What’s the purpose of purgatory if you can have an indulgence prayed for you when you are near death and you can make it to heaven? 47:16 – What’s the purpose of purgatory if you can have an indulgence prayed for you when you are near death and you can make it to heaven? 
• 51:30 - I have a three-year-old son, and we had a recent death in the family, how can I help him see and understand death without just saying the family member is just in heaven?