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Purgatory – The Inner Life – November 6, 2025

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

Fr. James Kubicki joins Patrick to discuss Purgatory

  • (3:05) What is Purgatory?
  • (12:24) Andrea – Our priest preached about purgatory — for so long I heard purgatory was a place of punishment. He said it was a place of happy people
  • (18:49) Wayne – How do we understand purgatory as being outside of time?

(26:59) Break 1

  • How does temporal punishment work in Purgatory?
  • (30:26) Diana – Should we want to purify our sins here instead of in purgatory?
  • Can souls in purgatory pray for one another?
  • (46:00) Mike – I have committed a grave sin 13 years ago (I cheated on my GF before we got married). I know if I tell her it would ruin my family. Will I go to hell if I don’t tell her? I have not gone to confession about this. The talk of purgatory just brought this up.

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Patrick Conley

Patrick Conley

Patrick Conley was born, raised, and baptized in Wisconsin in a Protestant tradition. After meeting his wife, Kendra, through an Evangelical ministry at the University of Minnesota, they entered the Catholic Church in 2010. They listened to Relevant Radio, specifically The Inner Life, while preparing to enter the Church. Conley now holds a degree in theology from Oxford University and has served the Church in both academic theology and grassroots pastoral ministry. Conley teaches religion classes in a Catholic elementary school, serves as his parish Director of Religious Education, and is in formation for the permanent diaconate. He also hosts Practicing Catholic on Relevant Radio, exclusive to the Minneapolis area’s airwaves, and is a traveling presenter for the Catherine of Siena Institute apostolate. He lives in rural Wisconsin with his wife and their bulldogs, Georgie and Bingley.