Iscool:
The Church can’t send anyone to hell, only God judges the eternal destiny of man. The Church can excommunicate someone, but that is not related to sending someone to hell. An excommunication puts someone outside the Church, and thus since Catholics believe the Church is the normative instrument that Christ uses to sanctify and justify man, an individual who has been excommunicated has put their salvation in jeopardy. Even still, a person dies, only God knows the interior disposition of the person. I encourage you to read the CCC that I have linked which covers the questions you raised in detail. Read CCC 1033 in particular and also note that in CCC 1037, the Church continues to pray for the dead as while “we are limited by time, God is not” and thus God may use those prayers in ways only known to God to reconcile/bring back a prodigal son or daughter to Himself just before they expire.
http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt1sect2chpt3art12.htm
Well I'm glad to hear that...But as I understand it, Annalex believes differently...Is that correct Annalex???