Pio Nono Wojtyla Purgatory is a mystery

Purgatory is a mystery

By Romanus Cessario

In an age characterized by disputes about human life

and his desire to share that love and its light for the salvation of souls

originally published in 1951 as The Concept of the Diocesan Priesthood

Pio Nono Wojtyla Purgatory is a mysteryBy E. E. Y. Hales Pio Nono, regarded by friend and foe alike as the founder of the modern papacy, the Pope who recovered for the Papacy an influence it had not enjoyed since the Council of Trent, has nevertheless become a largely forgotten or ignored figure. That is thanks, according to E. E. Y. Hales, not to the kind of man he was, but to the kind of record history keeps. If historical epochs were known for their tragic heroes instead of their