Q: Please explain what an indulgence is and how it can reduce or eliminate the time a soul must spend in purgatory. A: Indulgences are perhaps one of the more misunderstood parts of Catholic practi ...

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Everything we do in following Jesus Christ draws its life from the Mass and simultaneously points us back to the Mass.

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