Friday, August 2nd, 2002
In Catholicism limbo is the temporary place of souls which are purified of sin. It is also the permanent place of the souls of unbaptized children who are excluded from the vision of Christ.
After reading this poem it would be easy to rail against the Catholic Church for its stern and dispassionate rejection of unbaptized [...]
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