Friday, November 02, 2007
GHOSTS ARE NOT THE SOULS OF THOSE WHO HAVE DIED
According to Msgr. Pedro Quitorio, spokesman of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), belief in ghosts and paranormal activities are not Catholic beliefs since the faith teaches that souls are kept intact in purgatory after death.
The Catholic doctrine teaches that purgatory is the spiritual place where the soul is purged of all sins and unsettled issues before it goes to heaven and reunites with God.
Quitorio reminded Catholics that ghost stories are focused on entities other than their dearly departed and it would be against their faith to confuse the souls of their loved ones with ghosts.
Ghost stories, which are usually about creatures who cannot cross over, are either products of psychological projections or products of evil, according to Quitorio.
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