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Pope to announce limbo does not exist
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Oct 06, 2006 04:31pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Chicago Tribune |
| News Date | Friday, October 6, 2006 10:30:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | To Catholics of generations past, baptism wasn't something to be deferred until a convenient time, because the souls of infants who died without it were thought to be consigned to something other than heaven. Limbo.
Not quite heaven, not nearly hell, it was regarded as a place of eternal happiness that fell just short of paradise, reserved for unbaptized children and righteous souls who lived before Christ.
It was a widespread and influential teaching for centuries. But Pope Benedict XVI is expected today to reject the concept, endorsing the conclusions of a theological commission that said unbaptized children who die before reaching the age of reason go to heaven. |
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