Life After Death: Heaven, Hell, & Purgatory

Questions Covered:

• 05:42 - How is it that we can’t keep cremated remains on the mantle but we can keep relics of saints?
• 13:10 - Do most Catholics believe that most people go to hell or most people go to purgatory?
• 19:00 - After purification in purgatory, do you think we’d even have the ability to think the same kind of thoughts we have here on Earth?
• 22:18 - In the story of the rich man and Lazarus, is the Rich man in purgatory or hell?
• 37:02 - Can the souls in purgatory pray for themselves?
• 41:54 - What do people do in Heaven? Also, what is this whole new heaven and new earth thing all about?
• 46:45 - Did Vatican II change the Catholic understanding of baptismal ecclesiology? My pre-conciliar catechism says we are born as soldiers of Christ, and priests are the officers. I like that. But now it feels like priests and laity are more like colleagues.