Who is in hell?
“If God commands us to always forgive our enemies, and to do good to people that do bad to us, why would He do the opposite and send people to hell that do bad to Him? This problem has troubled Christians for two thousand years. The Church has cleared the way for belief that perhaps God does not inflict eternal punishment on any good person. In an official Encyclical, it is declared that God’s mercy and love are always greater than His justice. Good people, from all times and places and backgrounds, need not fear eternal damnation. We take these truths to be foundational: God is infinitely loving, infinitely merciful, and infinitely compassionate. We may assume then that He wants to find a way to save everyone. But God is also infinitely powerful. Therefore He will be able to save everyone; that is to say, everyone who wants to be saved. At the very least, God will offer His saving grace to everyone. We still have the free will choice to reject Him. You will notice that the Church has
