Do Catholics go to Hell

Answer 1

We don't believe that all unbaptized people go to hell, we don't even believe that all baptized would even be saved.

Some circumstances would be where you wanted to be baptized, doing all you can to get baptized but died before it, this is called a believer's baptism. Another circumstance is where you are unbaptized but die a martyr for your faith.

Primarily, most people that try to walk in the steps of goodness will be saved.

Answer 2

Yes, they do. They also say that all non-Catholics go to hell automatically for being outside of the Holy Roman Catholic Church.

God doesn't want anyone to go to hell. I can't judge, and no one can judge who would go to hell and who would not - that is not up to us "judge not, lest ye be judged".

So to answer your question - Do Catholics go to hell? - my answer is I don't know; it is not up to me to answer that. That is up to God to answer that.

Answer 3

Unbaptized children will go to hell if they die before they have been baptized in the Catholic Church because before you are baptized you are recognized as not being part of any religion and it is said if you are not part of any religion then you will not go to heaven so the only other place left for you to go to is hell.

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Catholic AnswerYou have been seriously misinformed by someone who is ignorant of what the Church has always taught. The Catholic Church has never, in twenty centuries, said anyone is going to hell. The Catholic Church is the Mystical Body of Christ which exists only out of Christ's love for men and exists to get everyone to heaven. Furthermore, the Church teaches only what Christ taught, and He was extremely loving of little children, but here is the "Official teaching of the Catholic Church" on the subject of unbaptized infants. If you are talking about adults, the only non-baptized adult I know of is a convert on their way to baptism and the Church certainly doesn't condemn them either, instead teaching that the grace in the desire to be baptised provides in that instance.

from The Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition, English translation 1994

1261 As regard children who have died without Baptism, the Church can only entrust them to the mercy of God, as she does in her funeral rites for them. Indeed the great mercy of God who desires that all men should be saved, and Jesus' tenderness toward children which caused him to say: "Let the children come to me, do not hinder them," (Mk 10:14; cf. 1 Tim 2:4) allow us to hope that here is a way of salvation for children who have died without Baptism. Al the more urgent is the church's call not to prevent little children coming to Christ through the gift of Holy Baptism.

AnswerI'm no Catholic, nor Christian of any sort, but I've studied the world's religions for the better part of two decades now, and I can tell you that for centuries the Catholic Church believed unbaptized babies while innocent of personal sin, they still carried original sin. They believe baptism is a transference of that sin, so unfortunately without it, it does restrict them from getting into heaven. However, that does not condemn them to hell. The official position of the church was that they went to a sort of "limbo", where they were happy and at peace, but not in the presence of god. In 2007 however, the pope changed that belief and said basically it's "possible" that they go to heaven, but we can't say for sure.

The Catholic Church nowhere teaches that unbaptized babies go to Hell if they die. This is just another vicious lie spread by Satan through those on earth that do his work.

AnswerTraditionally the Catholic Church has taught that the unbaptized baby's soul goes into a state of limbo. In this state, the baby's soul enjoys happiness and contentment for eternity, but lacks the perfect joy of being with God. In other words, it is excluded from Heaven, but does not suffer the ravages of Hell or Purgatory, either.

That stance has now changed. Rev. Luis Ladaria, the secretary general of the International Theological Commission, is quoted as saying, "We can say we have many reasons to hope that there is salvation for these babies."

This new stance of the Church means that perhaps these babies do go to heaven. However, "perhaps" is the important word to note. The Church is not saying that they positively go to heaven, but that there is a possibility that they do enjoy eternal salvation after all.

Answer 4

The Catholic Church teaches that we live inthe hope that all will be saved; however if one deliberately turns away from God and is not repentant, God will be the judge. For unbaptized children, who are too young to sin, we trust in God's mercy that they will inherit the kingdom of heaven.