A formal state apology was issued in 2014, and a compensation scheme for survivors was set up by the Irish Government, which by 2022 and after an extension of the scheme had paid out €32.8 million to 814 survivors.[4] The religious orders which operated the laundries have rejected appeals, including from victims and Ireland's Justice Minister, to contribute financially to this programme.[5]

Shocking. /s

But if you never truly sin, you render Jesus' sacrifice meaningless. Make it count!

Through Jesus all things are possible

Seriously.

Sous vide those suckers for better texture!

Mortal sins are those that must be confessed or you're screwed. If you die with some venal sins on the books you might still be ok, but not mortal.

According to Catholics, all sins can be absolved through confession, repentance, and penance. Suicide is a problem because you don't have the opportunity to do this, that's why they say all suicides go to hell.

The list of mortal sins is kind of funny (not ha ha funny). It's mostly boring stuff like not going to mass or sex outside of marriage but then murder is just mixed in with those. And like the commandments, rape is not explicitly mentioned.

oh no anyone can be absolved pff

AFAIK it has been retconned.

Depends on the denomination, I think. Dunno about others but for Orthodox Christians the soul goes to heaven(or gets to be judged by God, actually) after 40 days because that's how long Jesus took to ascend after his death.

I mean, not that any of it is true, but the rapture shit was made up way later than the "original" text. It's fan fiction essentially.

For my branch(es) of evangelicalism growing up, purgatory simply wasn't a concept.

Not according to Catholic lore

The rapture is my favorite modern Christian fanfic.

yeah but like, would time flow linearly there? why doesn't God just keep the souls on ice and thaw them when ready?