Papa.Cod – it sounds like you have a number of concerns regarding or negative conceptions about the Catholic Church. To aid our discussions on this forum let’s start at the root – what is the most fundamental issue you have with the Catholic Church from which all of this other stuff derives? For most people it’s the issue of authority, Scripture alone vs. whatever you think the Catholic system authority is. I recommend we start a new thread for this discussion since it would be beyond the scope of “souls in purgatory.”