After we die, depending on our actions hear on earth, our souls go to one of three places, heaven, hell or purgatory. I understand that all souls in purgatory (after cleansing) will eventually arrive in heaven. This confuses me, as when Jesus comes again for the second coming to judge the living and the dead, how will the dead be judged?

Please can you explain to me what pro populo means and also the difference between a solemn mass and a regular mass.

I am getting married soon and as part of the preparations and I need to get hold of details of my baptism. Having been baptised at the Cathedral how do I locate my records.

Any information please on the history of the convent at Arnos Court Brislington which was called The Church Of The Good Shepherd and was an asylum for about 120 young women. Where did the convent move to in Henbury?

I am doing a project on school; a research essay on the construction of all cathedrals in general. I was kind of hoping if you (you people) could help me on a question I have difficulty answering. In which types of places can a cathedral be built in and why? Thank you.

Catechism 1018:As a consequence of original sin man must suffer bodily death, from which he would have been immune had he not sinned. Romans 5:12 it was through one man that sin came into the world, and through sin death. It seems to me that death is a completely natural part of all living things existence, from the simplest cell to the most complicated of all plant and animal life, which of course includes man. This is how all life is created and had been so for the first 3.5 billion years of life on our planet. Death is actually a necessary and God created thing and part of all the natural cycles that exist (carbon, nitrogen etc). What then of the creation of man the species. Surely death must have been part of God's plan for man too? Unless Adam & Eve were somehow uniquely singled out to exist permanently in some other unworldly state (with no offspring, this is important). But perhaps I am answering my own question here! I can't quite grasp what exactly "the Garden of Eden" is. It cannot have been here on our planet, subject to the normal order of things. Help!

Why is the Petrine ministry seen to guarantee the Church's infallibility when St Peter was the only Apostle known to have fallen
into serious error and used his position to promote it? (Gal 2.11ff)

How can a Council be truly Ecumenical when the Church of the future is not present? Should the decisions of Councils be subject to the tradition which is yet to develop? If not, why not?

I am trying to find out something about William Clifford, third bishop of Clifton. Any suggestions?

Does Clifton Cathedral have a Dean?

Why do we celebrate First Friday and what is its significance?

What is the wording of the 'prayer for the dead'?

Does a sponsor for baptism have to be Catholic?

I am getting married and I have been advised by my parish priest that we should attend an "Engagement encounter weekend." Could you please give me some information on how to go about organising this.

We don't live in the cathedral parish but attend mass regularly there. I am expecting a baby in a few months and am wondering if it's possible to have the baptism at the cathedral rather than our local church?

What does In defensione evangelii mean?

The newly appointed Ninth Bishop of Clifton, Bishop Declan Lang, has taken for his motto "Evangeli Nutiandii" . What does this mean and why did he select it?

I have recently returned to the faith after many years and have received reconciliation regularly. Now I am becoming aware of many past transgressions. Does this make my previous confessions invalid? Is it necessary to spend hours in confession, so that the past sins that had been forgotten can now be forgiven?

Our church has the "Clifton Stations" in place of the traditional Stations of the Cross, I am currently putting together a "new look" web site which will include these, and would like to know if there are any sanctioned prayers for each station that I could use. If not then I guess we could create our own, but "official" ones would be nice.

What is the 11th commandment? What are the 10 commandments?

What does a altar, side chapel, confession, and a tabernacle look like? and how are they used for worship? and finally what are the reasons behind the use of the objects?

How much did it cost to build the Cathedral?

What is a Maria-Baptism?

I'm very intersted in Church-Bells. Can you give me some informations about the bells of the Cathedral? I'am intersted in Founders, Year, Tuning and the technical Datas. Thank you.

In what book would we find the history on "Massing Priests"? We know there is such a book but it would probably be known not as massing priests but something else. Many thanks

At Matthew 13, Jesus gave an illustration of a "sower" scattering "seed" on different "soils".. Then his disciples came and asked him why he spoke in "parables"or illustrations. Jesus replied, "Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not." How are the mysteries of the kingdom to be explained in depth since this kingdom is a government, according to Isaiah 9:6,7 whereby Isaiah also says that Jesus will "shoulder" it, that through this "kingdom" there will come to be unending peace and that it is to be made known worldwide, according to Matthew 24:14 ?