Hell Archives

What the Hell? Saints’ visions of the damned ‘an act of mercy,’ author says

Jan 21, 2020

Hell is the final guarantee that what we do here and now really matters: That’s the message Paul Thigpen gives in the book “Saints Who Saw Hell: And Other Catholic Witnesses to the Fate of the Damned.”

By Kathryn Jean Lopez

In ‘Gaudete et Exsultate,’ Pope answers ‘Amoris’ critics: Don’t ‘reduce, constrict’ Gospel

Apr 9, 2018

In a new document on holiness, Pope Francis makes clear he both believes in the Devil, the “Prince of Hell,” and that he regards critics of his merciful line in “Amoris Laetitia” and elsewhere of seeing the Church as “the possession of a select few.”

By Inés San Martín

Ferment over pope’s supposed Hell bombshell mounts in Italy

Apr 5, 2018

A columnist for the official newspaper of the Italian bishops’ conference says the pope’s friendship with a 93-year-old journalist who sometimes puts words into his mouth is a healthy challenge to the “catholically correct.”

By John L. Allen Jr.

Cardinal says Church teaching doesn’t put any specific person in Hell

Mar 31, 2018

After a fracas erupted over an alleged quote from Pope Francis denying the existence of Hell, Cardinal Vincent Nichols of the U.K. said Church teaching never ratified the traditional imagery of Hell and doesn’t assign any specific person there.

By Crux Staff

Unpacking a non-interview pope ‘interview,’ this time on Hell

Mar 30, 2018

Following another Vatican denial of a recount by Italian journalist Eugenio Scalfari of one of his conversations with the pope, the real question is why Francis keeps putting himself in this position.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Vatican says interview in which Pope doubts Hell not a ‘faithful transcript’

Mar 29, 2018

In the latest conversation between Pope Francis and legendary Italian journalist Eugenio Scalfari, the 93-year-old non-believer says Francis cast doubt on the existence of Hell, while the Vatican insists the piece “should not be considered as a faithful transcript of the Holy Father’s words.”

By John L. Allen Jr.