This place of purifying (*) fire is a consequence only for lesser, or venial, sins.
A decree from session 25 of the Council of Trent stated that those suffering here are helped by the "suffrages of the faithful, but principally by the acceptable Sacrifice of the Altar." A Scripture verse sometimes used to support belief in this place, Revelation 21:27, says that a certain accomplishment will only be achieved by those "written in the Lamb's book of life" and not by those who are "unclean." This place of purifying (*) fire is a consequence only for lesser, or venial, sins. A Catechism of Vatican II says that those "who die in God's grace in friendship, but [are] still imperfectly purified" go to, for 10 points, this place in Catholic theology, an intermediate step between death and Heaven.
A decree from session 25 of the Council of Trent stated that those suffering here are helped by the "suffrages of the faithful, but principally by the acceptable Sacrifice of the Altar."
(being in) purgatory 