Angelus News | July 12, 2024 | Vol. 9 No. 14
On the cover: A PBS series recently suggested purgatory was the “invention” of 14th-century Italian poet Dante Alighieri. Could it be true? Does such a place — somewhere between heaven and hell — really exist? On Page 10, contributing editor Mike Aquilina details purgatory’s biblical roots in the Old and New Testaments, all of which point to the hope and forgiveness God promises “in the age to come” to believers.
On the cover: A PBS series recently suggested purgatory was the “invention” of 14th-century Italian poet Dante Alighieri. Could it be true? Does such a place — somewhere between heaven and hell — really exist? On Page 10, contributing editor Mike Aquilina details purgatory’s biblical roots in the Old and New Testaments, all of which point to the hope and forgiveness God promises “in the age to come” to believers.
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Letters to the Editor<br />
Women with true authority<br />
I enjoyed Elise Italiano Ureneck’s contribution to the June 28 issue<br />
“Answering the True Call” because it did two things: remind readers of<br />
the impossibility of women’s ordination (recently confirmed by Pope Francis) and<br />
lift up the stories of some incredible Catholic women.<br />
On the second point, it’s important that the examples she cites from Bronwen<br />
McShea’s “Women of the Church” book were women who did things for the<br />
Church that men couldn’t, and commanded more spiritual authority and respect<br />
than the most of the ordained ministers of their time (priests, bishops, and popes<br />
included). <strong>No</strong>ne of them fell into the trap of thinking that joining the clergy<br />
would make them more effective in their mission.<br />
The history of the Church is rich with reminders that advocates of female ordination<br />
should be careful what they wish for.<br />
— Maria Barba, San Antonio, Texas<br />
Correction<br />
Junipero Serra High in Gardena is a co-ed Catholic school. On Page <strong>12</strong> of the<br />
June 28 issue of <strong>Angelus</strong>, the school was incorrectly stated as an all-boys campus.<br />
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Continue the conversation! To submit a letter to the editor, visit <strong>Angelus</strong><strong>News</strong>.com/Letters-To-The-Editor<br />
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may be edited for style, brevity, and clarity.<br />
Turning to him ‘with all your heart’<br />
“People tell me I’m crying<br />
over someone I never met<br />
before.”<br />
~ Thomas Kearns, who lost his preborn daughter<br />
to an abortion, in a June 25 Catholic <strong>News</strong> Agency<br />
article on him speaking at a Celebrate Life Rally.<br />
“You’re only as sick as your<br />
secrets.”<br />
~ Father Paul Hoesing, rector of Kenrick-Glennon<br />
Seminary in St. Louis, in a June 24 America article<br />
on the changing face of seminary formation.<br />
“These are the people who<br />
believed that God would<br />
make a way out of no way.”<br />
~ Linda Gray, in a June 26 National Catholic<br />
Reporter article on a Washington, D.C. Catholic<br />
Church asking forgiveness for its racist past.<br />
“When you live in a dorm,<br />
there is almost always<br />
someone in their room<br />
who can keep an eye on<br />
a monitor or listen for any<br />
crying babies.”<br />
~ Katie Chihoski, recent graduate from University<br />
of Mary in <strong>No</strong>rth Dakota, in a June 23 Aleteia article<br />
on her being the first graduate of a special program<br />
for student moms.<br />
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles helped produce this month’s “Pope Video” for Pope Francis’ prayer intention for<br />
<strong>July</strong>, which focused on the pastoral care of the sick and the sacrament of the anointing of the sick. Watch the video at<br />
thepopevideo.org. | ARCHDIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES<br />
“She typifies the Palm<br />
Springs attitude. Very<br />
carefree.”<br />
~ Greg Robertson, a real estate agent in Palm<br />
Springs, in a June 18 Slate article on the controversy<br />
over a 26-foot Marilyn Monroe statue.<br />
To view this video<br />
and others, visit<br />
<strong>Angelus</strong><strong>News</strong>.com/photos-videos<br />
Do you have photos or a story from your parish that you’d<br />
like to share? Please send to editorial @angelusnews.com.<br />
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