Do saints go straight to heaven?

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Do saints go straight to heaven? Sounds basic, perhaps. I always have thought the answer was “yes” and I still do. But I have heard it said that the saints may have gone to purgatory, though they were exceptionally holy. For example, someone said to me, Padre Pio said during his lifetime that he would first go to purgatory and then to heaven. But I always thought that canonization meant that the saint went straight to heaven.
 
In regards to a saint’s presence in heaven, all that canonization assures us of is that the saint is currently in heaven. It does not comment one way or the other on any stops he or she may have made en route.
 
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