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Originally Posted by Educatingblue
I remember hearing the same thing, so I was a little surprised that everyone was making a big deal about it. When I was in college, the campus priest was telling us how some mothers of stillborn babies had a tough time dealing with that and it was best if they "formally" did away with it and that was back in '99!
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Yeah, though there are judgemental people in every religion, Catholicism's basic view on it is: We think and believe that we have the right way. However, we can never come close to truly fathoming God, at least not in this lifetime. We do not know who he wishes to join him in heaven and should not presume to judge or condemn but to pray for those we are concerned about (including ourselves).
Anyway, limbo was always a theological construct. Our views of God have changed a lot in the past 1000 years, so it isn't surprising that our views on the afterlife have changed as well.