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What is Purgatory?

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Question: What is Purgatory?
Answer: Purgatory is a state in which those suffer for a time who die guilty of venial sins, or without having satisfied for the punishment due to their sins.

This is Question 414 of the Baltimore Catechism, a work in the public domain.

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