ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 2nd of November ALL SOULS DAY - THE COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED By purgatory, no more is meant by Catholics than a middle state of souls; viz., of purgation from sin by temporary chastisements, or a punishment of some sin inflicted after death, which is not eternal. As to the place, manner, or kind of these sufferings, nothing has been defined by the church, it is interwoven with the fundamental articles of the Christian religion. For, as eternal torments are the portion of all souls which depart this life under the guilt of mortal sin, and everlasting bliss of those who die in a state of grace, so it is an obvious consequence that among the latter, many souls may be defiled with lesser stains, and cannot enter immediately into the joy of the Lord. Repentance may be sincere, though something be wanting to its perfection; some part of the debt which the penitent owes to the Divine Justice may rem...