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Questions / Salvation, heaven and hell

What happens when we die?

Church teaching

Answered on video by Bishop Robert Barron

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In short: Soul and body separate, and you meet God in a particular judgment. CCC 997 CCC 1022

The answer, in writing

Church teaching

In death the soul separates from the body and goes to meet God, awaiting reunion with its glorified body. CCC 997

Each person meets Christ in a particular judgment at the moment of death. CCC 1022

Our words

You’ll meet Jesus, the one who already died for you. That’s why Christians can face death with hope.

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How we know · 2 Catechism paragraphs
  1. Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraphs 997, 1022 (official text on vatican.va).

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