Purgatory

Pope Leo XIV: Death is "a hope for the future"

Nov 2, 2025

Celebrating Mass for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed at Rome’s Verano Cemetery, Pope Leo XIV invited Catholics to contemplate death “not so much as a recollection of the past, but above all as a hope for the future.”

Purgatory

Pope Leo XIV: Death is "a hope for the future"

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