When Will Helen Get Out of Purgatory?   No One Knows.   Popes Have Been in Purgatory for Centuries.                 Even though Chick rejects the idea of Purgatory, I find his statement almost amusing.   If “no one knows” how long a person remains in Purgatory, how does someone know that “popes have been in Purgatory for centuries”? Money Must Be Paid to Have Masses Said to Help Get Helen Out             No.   Helen will eventually enter Heaven when she has been “purified/become perfected,” which relates to the final stage of theosis—the ancient Christian teaching of becoming “God like in Christ” (Matthew 5:48).   This will happen, regardless of how many prayers or masses have been said for the individual. [1]   But, as “members of the Body of Christ,” or what is also known as the “Communion of the Sain...