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The Purgatorio and communion with one another

Friday, October 31, 2025

Dante's Purgatorio is just a poem, a work of fiction, but it expresses a great truth -- the truth we Catholics celebrate each year on All Souls Day. The post The Purgatorio and communion with one another first appeared on OSV News.

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