Poor Souls
POOR SOULS
The term used to designate the souls of the just who are suffering in purgatory. The adjective "poor" has no sanction in the official language of the Church, probably being used to indicate that these souls cannot help themselves to escape the punishments that they must undergo for their sins.
See Also: dead, prayers for the.
[r. j. bastian]
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