Re: Pope doing away with limbo
I believe the unborn child (such as the fetus) who dies in the womb goes to a middle ground of limbo. A person is created upon conception, and thus instantly inherits the stain of original sin. If they die without baptism (such as a miscarriage) I believe their soul goes to a place of natural happiness. They cannot go to Heaven because they do not have supernatural grace, but they should not go to Hell because they did not commit any sins that deserve punishment.
What the modernist Catholics don't understand is the difference between natural happiness and supernatural happiness. Supernatural happiness or Heaven is something totally and completely unimaginable because it is a direct vision of God Himself as He sees himself. You need God's "eyes" to see him, as our natural eyes do not have the capacity to do so. That is why we require supernatural help, otherwise known as grace.
The dead unbaptized child is probably completely happy as human's envision happiness. This is likely a type of happiness found in the original Garden of Eden, or a place with 72 virgins....
There is no need to worry that the innocent people who die without Baptism are being hurt in any way. Their happiness is just a different and lower type of happiness than those people in Heaven.
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