Where do unbaptized babies go when they die? Catholics have traditionally said “to Limbo,” since they can’t go to Heaven (being unbaptized) or Hell (being without actual sin). But didn’t Pope Benedict XVI “close” Limbo a few years back?
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Where Do Unbaptized Babies Go When They Die?
The question of where unbaptized infants go after death is one that has vexed the Church for centuries. Some of Her greatest Saints have disagreed on this issue: St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, for example, came to different conclusions. And every possible answer is fraught with problems. If we say that the unborn and unbaptized… Continue reading Where Do Unbaptized Babies Go When They Die?