[narses]

... I've never seen a teaching about souls in hell.

Haven't there been more than one message from Our Lady and Saints about the suffering souls in Hell?

[Sock]

Haven't there been more than one message from Our Lady and Saints about the suffering souls in Hell?

For believers, this, of course, is true. For dissenters, give them the teaching from the Catechism and watch them tap dance.

[Land of the Irish]

We therefore beseech Thee, O Lord, graciously to accept this oblation of our service, as also of Thy whole family; and to dispose our days in Thy peace, preserve us from eternal damnation, and rank us in the numbers of Thine elect. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Sound familiar, sinkspur? It's from the Canon of the of the Holy Mass pre VC II.

[maryz]

Haven't there been more than one message from Our Lady and Saints about the suffering souls in Hell?

I thought Our Lady of Fatima specifically requested that this little prayer be said at the end of each decade of the Rosary: "O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of Hell, and lead all souls to Heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy."

I've grown so used to it in the more than 40 years since I learned it that I automatically add after any Gloria Patri, in the Rosary or not.

[sinkspur]

Haven't there been more than one message from Our Lady and Saints about the suffering souls in Hell?

Are private apparitions part of the Magisterium of the Church?