(The Conversation) — The idea of an afterlife as a moral tool goes back to the Greeks, but in present times, the concept of eternal perdition has radically changed. Although many of us now associate ...

This article originally appeared on the Conversation. The recent dispute over whether Pope Francis denied the existence of hell in an interview attracted wide attention. This isn't surprising, since ...

The Italian newspaper La Repubblica got the world thinking about hell on Thursday after publishing an interview with Pope Francis in which he appeared to suggest that hell does not exist. The Vatican ...

Philip C. Almond does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Joanne M. Pierce is a Roman Catholic member of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation in the USA, a national ecumenical dialogue group sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ...