{"id":383,"date":"2007-05-14T07:55:54","date_gmt":"2007-05-14T07:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2007\/05\/limbo-doesnt-ex.html"},"modified":"2007-05-14T07:55:54","modified_gmt":"2007-05-14T07:55:54","slug":"limbo-doesnt-ex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2007\/05\/limbo-doesnt-ex.html","title":{"rendered":"A Father to the fatherless: Limbo doesn’t exist? (p1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

No more Limbo?  The Pope is putting an end to the Catholic theological hypothesis of Limbo<\/span><\/a>.  For years the Catholic church has wrestled with what happens to unbaptized infants after they have died.  Their reasoning has been:  Hell?  No.  Purgatory? No  Heaven?  No.  Limbo?  Maybe.  <\/p>\n

Recently the Pope is saying that there is no real reason to believe in Limbo for children.  I’m not so sure I agree…<\/p>\n

Of course I agree theologically.  However, existentially speaking, limbo is a reality for many children–it’s called the foster care system!<\/p>\n

In America there are 500,000 orhpans in our foster care system.  Many of which are legally free, that is, they could be adopted if only there were a family that would open their hearts and home to them.  We have 800 legally free children in Colorado’s foster care system.<\/p>\n

They are in limbo.  They wait.  They wonder.  They question.  What happen to my mom and dad?  Why won’t my foster mom and dad adopt me?  Will anybody love me?<\/p>\n

The time of year between Mother’s day and Father’s day is especially difficult.  Who do you give a card to if you are a child in foster care?<\/p>\n

Will you pray for them during this time?  Between these two holidays, pray and ask the Lord (the Father to the fatherless) what he might do with your life if offered to these children living in limbo?<\/p>\n

(click above for part 2 etc.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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