He’s actually a pretty decent dude
I saw a informative short about him and the dude is practically a saint (even if he was the Pope, he the holiest of all Popes)
The souls in purgatory rely on living people to pray for them to get into heaven by praying for them.
The souls in purgatory feel the exact same pain as in hell but at some point those souls will get to heaven. and they can't pray for themselves.