Janice Castro
HEAVEN MAY OFFER THE SWEETEST REWARDS, BUT AT TIMES they are difficult for mere mortals to imagine. Visiting a parish in Rome this month, POPE JOHN PAUL II explained a key difference between heaven and earth: on the far side of the pearly gates, there is no sex. Residents of paradise need no mates, said the Pontiff, because “they are like the angels.”
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