The Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory - Rome

The Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory - Rome

The Neo-gothic Church of Sacro Cuore del Suffragio (Sacred Heart of the Suffrage) houses the ‘ Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory’ in Rome, Italy on March 5, 2025. The museum is one of a kind in the world as it pretends to offer undeniable proofs of the existence of Purgatory. - Pictured: The Church of Sacro Cuore del Suffragio (Sacred Heart of the Suffrage) also known as Sacro Cuore di Gesu in Prati, is a catholic church in the centre of Rome (Italy). - The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the events of 15 November 1897, when a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel, in which the altar painting was spared.  In the flames, the priest and the worshippers saw a suffering face, which was then enigmatically imprinted on the wall, a reproduced image of which is d

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