Where is it that Roman Catholics believe souls are held after death for purification to be made fit for heaven?
Prayer for the dead the dead who are not known to be in heaven, sometimes rendered as "hell". With the development of the doctrine of purgatory, the dead prayed for were spoken of as being in purgatory and, in view of the certainty that by the process of purification and with the help of the prayers of the faithful they were destined for heaven, they were referred to as the "holy souls". Limits were placed on public offering of Mass for the unbaptised, non-Catholics, and notorious sinners, but prayers and even Mass in private could be said for them. The present Code of Canon
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