--- "AThompson" wrote:

>
> Abolishing Hell would seem to me to make more sense – if it's that

easy

> to do!

Indeed. Indeed. But maybe Heaven is simply not big
enough!

> Hreinsunareldurinn, staður á milli himnaríkis og
> Purgatory (The cleansing-fire), located in between (the) Kingdom of
> Heaven (Paradise) and

"Staður" is a noun: "a place/location between ..."

>
> helvítis, gæti brátt verið afnuminn af kaþólsku
> Hell, could soon become taken off (abolished from) (the) Catholic
>
> kirkjunni.

"... af kaþólsku kirkjunni" = "by the Catholic church".

> til himna, verði breytingin gerð.
> to Heaven, would become the change made.

Or simply: "... if the change will be made."

As llamanom has pointed out, the news item was
misunderstood by the journalist - apparently it
is "limbo", not purgatory", which could get
abolished. But don't you think "hreinsunareldurinn"
is a more imposing word than "limbó"? I do. "Limbo"
sounds like one of those Latin American dances ....

Excellent translation, by the way!

Best,
Eysteinn