CCC 1005

To rise with Christ, we must die with Christ: we must "be away from the body and at home with the Lord."⁵⁶² 2 Cor 5:8. In that "departure" which is death the soul is separated from the body.⁵⁶³ Cf. Phil 1:23. It will be reunited with the body on the day of resurrection of the dead.⁵⁶⁴ Cf. Paul VI, CPG # 28.