Irapuato
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SOLT: Father Corapi found guilty. July 5, 2011 www.societyofourlady.netMore
SOLT: Father Corapi found guilty.
July 5, 2011 www.societyofourlady.net
Irapuato
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Holy Cannoli
I no longer wonder what kind of emotionally unstable, hostile, belligerent individual (displeased with the station's termination of Fr. Corapi) would write to EWTN making personal attacts to the network’s employees denigrating the staff and maligning the character and intentions of people who have served EWTN for years, often at great personal sacrifice.
I no longer wonder because we have such an …More
I no longer wonder what kind of emotionally unstable, hostile, belligerent individual (displeased with the station's termination of Fr. Corapi) would write to EWTN making personal attacts to the network’s employees denigrating the staff and maligning the character and intentions of people who have served EWTN for years, often at great personal sacrifice.

I no longer wonder because we have such an unstable lunatic right here at gloria.tv.

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Knights4Christ
Holy Cannoli
What would make a sinner make reparation? If the sinner is sinning with impunity, isn't it likely that they will continue their decadent behavior until something drastically changes in their lives? I'm thinking of St. Paul but there have been other saints who reformed after experiencing some sort of personal tragedy.
Perhaps (there are no guarantees ) something like this will happen in this case …More
What would make a sinner make reparation? If the sinner is sinning with impunity, isn't it likely that they will continue their decadent behavior until something drastically changes in their lives? I'm thinking of St. Paul but there have been other saints who reformed after experiencing some sort of personal tragedy.

Perhaps (there are no guarantees ) something like this will happen in this case after he is destroyed (figuratively speaking)?

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Holy Cannoli
Pray for them. But, be sure that those who are guilty of crimnal behavior are punished to the full extent of the law especially those who have given scandal to children or who have brought shame to the Catholic Church.
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The Vatican told bishops around the world on Monday that they must make it a global priority to root out sexual abuse of children by …More
Pray for them. But, be sure that those who are guilty of crimnal behavior are punished to the full extent of the law especially those who have given scandal to children or who have brought shame to the Catholic Church.
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The Vatican told bishops around the world on Monday that they must make it a global priority to root out sexual abuse of children by priests.

The headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church told bishops in a letter that they should cooperate with civil authorities to end the abuse that has tarnished its image around the world.

β€œThis is telling the world that we mean business. We want to be an example of prevention and care,” said one Vatican official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The letter is intended to help every diocese draw up its own tough guidelines, based on a global approach but in line with local criminal law. These must be sent to the Vatican for review within a year.


Monday, May 16th, 2011

updatednews.ca/…/vatican-tell-bi…

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Irapuato
πŸ‘ Right, Gregory!
Irapuato
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Holy Cannoli
Shouldn't we also pray for the Sheep Dog's concubine? What about the other women who are alleged to have done the β€œSheep Dog Tango”?
Much more importantly, shouldn't we pray for those poor souls, many of them Catholic, who will look at this incident combined with the ongoing clerical sex scandals and decide to turn their back on the Catholic Church? A Church that they could easily say has more than …More
Shouldn't we also pray for the Sheep Dog's concubine? What about the other women who are alleged to have done the β€œSheep Dog Tango”?

Much more importantly, shouldn't we pray for those poor souls, many of them Catholic, who will look at this incident combined with the ongoing clerical sex scandals and decide to turn their back on the Catholic Church? A Church that they could easily say has more than its share of liars, hypocrites and cowards who refuse to discipline those guilty of scandalous behavior. A Church seen as being silent (and sometimes complicit) until the media, plaintiffs' attorneys or state prosecutors bring the scandalous, often criminal, behavior to light.

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alinalotte
@Irapuato - someone wise said that priests are only as holy as the people who pray for them. Pride is the original sin -let's remember it was the sin of pride that brought the downfall of the most beautiful,intelligent one trusted with bringing the light of wisdom of God's Word to others,the Luci fer ,his downfall came when he decided to set his ego above the Living Word . For it is by believing in …More
@Irapuato - someone wise said that priests are only as holy as the people who pray for them. Pride is the original sin -let's remember it was the sin of pride that brought the downfall of the most beautiful,intelligent one trusted with bringing the light of wisdom of God's Word to others,the Luci fer ,his downfall came when he decided to set his ego above the Living Word . For it is by believing in Jesus,the Living Word and holding onto His Word ,denying ourselves that the Father loves us and He and His Father are coming and making Their Dwelling within us.Jesus commanded us to circumsize our hearts,for they are the seat of the Holy Spirit." Don't ye know,that ye are the Temple of the Holy Spirit,Whose dwellings ye are?". Having free will,if we refuse to conform to and live in the Divine Will we are depraving ourselves of the grace of the Holy Spirit ,Who can not dwell in hearts of those filled with the spirit of this world,the Deceiver,the Ancient Serpent who dared to tempt with riches and power of his earthly kingdom Jesus Christ Himself. As Jesus said:" some spirits may be overcome only by prayer and fasting" - Fr Corapi was there for many and the least we can do for him is to follow Christ's advice. There was Grace of repentance for Fr Raniero Cantalamessa ,there is abundance of Grace in store for Fr Corapi.Let's pray and fast,for when one member suffers,the whole body of Christ suffers. πŸ™ πŸ™ πŸ™ πŸ™ πŸ™ πŸ™ πŸ™ πŸ™ πŸ™ πŸ™
ACLumsden
πŸ˜€ You chaps crack me up! 😁 Cannoli, do take note of my conclusion to the first post. I concluded that maybe it is a phenomenon of the human condition rather than a national one. πŸ™‚
Irapuato
πŸ‘ Thanks! Next time I will say: "I am judging by my sensations!" 😊
Holy Cannoli
I GO BY MY FEELINGS-
In this case I believe you are judging by your sensations which, for the moment, is cold.
Now, if you became enraged because the cold temperature was the result of someone's incompetence and if you intended to tell whoever was responsible exactly what you thought of them (this would be my course of action, by the way), that would be going by your feelings.
p.s. Today will be …More
I GO BY MY FEELINGS-

In this case I believe you are judging by your sensations which, for the moment, is cold.

Now, if you became enraged because the cold temperature was the result of someone's incompetence and if you intended to tell whoever was responsible exactly what you thought of them (this would be my course of action, by the way), that would be going by your feelings.

p.s. Today will be another beautiful sunny day here with temps in the mid 80s. (30 Celsius)

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Holy Cannoli
As I have said before in discussion with some fellow Europeans here on Gloria.tv, Americans, due to their lack of ….
Because of the infinitesimally small sample of posters at Gloria.tv, no worthwhile conclusions can be drawn as to the thinking vs. feeling phenomenon among all Americans that you mentioned. Likewise, I don't believe that based on your own personal experiences can any serious conclusion …More
As I have said before in discussion with some fellow Europeans here on Gloria.tv, Americans, due to their lack of ….

Because of the infinitesimally small sample of posters at Gloria.tv, no worthwhile conclusions can be drawn as to the thinking vs. feeling phenomenon among all Americans that you mentioned. Likewise, I don't believe that based on your own personal experiences can any serious conclusion be drawn regarding your belief in the superiority of European thinking.

If anything, I would look to the lives of individual Americans (inclduing the "poor"), the medical care available to all, the technology, the freedom and the desire of nearly every immigrant in the world to come to the USA as a very strong indication that we Yanks must be doing something right.

www.youtube.com/watch

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ACLumsden
@ Cannoli - A most excellent objection. πŸ‘ THIS shows a thinking mind desparately trying to guide the heart; whither shall we go, heart?
I concurr, that prayer must have direction and reasonable intent, is a basic premise of all the great Saints. Herein lies the requirement for intellectual analysis in order to know what to pray for and why. On the other hand, we also need to pray for guidence in …More
@ Cannoli - A most excellent objection. πŸ‘ THIS shows a thinking mind desparately trying to guide the heart; whither shall we go, heart?

I concurr, that prayer must have direction and reasonable intent, is a basic premise of all the great Saints. Herein lies the requirement for intellectual analysis in order to know what to pray for and why. On the other hand, we also need to pray for guidence in the intellectual pursuit of the starting point(s) of prayer.

Therefore, maybe, prayer and intellectual discipline go hand-in-hand. πŸ˜‡
Irapuato
πŸ™ O.K. Pray that Father Corapi repents, and makes reparation, before it is TOO late...
Irapuato
πŸ€— Hello, HC & ACL! HC, these words are not mine--I copied them from www.catholic.culture....The only thing I can say is that, as Our Lady has asked us to do:WE MUST PRAY-PRAY-PRAY-FOR OUR PRIESTS πŸ™ πŸ™ πŸ™ I certainly DO NOT want to judge ANY PRIEST-- 😁 though, I confess, I am guilty of doing so πŸ€’ I saw Gloria Polo talk in person, and THE LORD CHASTISED HER FOR SPEAKING ILL OF PRIESTS!!! Gloria …More
πŸ€— Hello, HC & ACL! HC, these words are not mine--I copied them from www.catholic.culture....The only thing I can say is that, as Our Lady has asked us to do:WE MUST PRAY-PRAY-PRAY-FOR OUR PRIESTS πŸ™ πŸ™ πŸ™ I certainly DO NOT want to judge ANY PRIEST-- 😁 though, I confess, I am guilty of doing so πŸ€’ I saw Gloria Polo talk in person, and THE LORD CHASTISED HER FOR SPEAKING ILL OF PRIESTS!!! Gloria Polo 2008, Wigratzbad, Deutsch & Spanisch As for those who continue to support Father Corapi, they must speak for themselves--better, yet, PRAY for him πŸ™
ACLumsden
Greetings? πŸ€— In Europe we begin early academic formation in the best primary schools. Chaps here learn to prize coherent, logical thought over and above emotional outbursts and irrational behaviour resulting in unreasonable decisions. Like Theresa of Avila has advised, educate your emotions so that they conform to that 'higher soul' or intellect which is illumined by God.
As I have said before in …More
Greetings? πŸ€— In Europe we begin early academic formation in the best primary schools. Chaps here learn to prize coherent, logical thought over and above emotional outbursts and irrational behaviour resulting in unreasonable decisions. Like Theresa of Avila has advised, educate your emotions so that they conform to that 'higher soul' or intellect which is illumined by God.

As I have said before in discussion with some fellow Europeans here on Gloria.tv, Americans, due to their lack of a classical education, are not (as a rule) exposed to rigorous academic formation early in life (e.g. Philosophy, Latin and Pure Mathematics). Unlike their European cousins, they begin to form the mind rather too late in life (in what they call College).

Therefore, in the face of even overwhelming evidence, the American would go with what he/she FEELS rather than the facts. Across the pond, we would read the facts and extrapolate unto a logical conclusion - even though we may like Fr.Corapi, even though we may like his ministry. The lack of ability to be rational and therefore mature, just might be at the root of the questions you pose Cannoli.

On the other hand, we do have chaps like these over here: the illogical sort. So, maybe we can conclude that it is a human development problem rather than a national one - lack of good early formation.

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Irapuato
Corapi: Why were warning signs ignored?
www.catholicculture.org/commentary/otn.cfm
Irapuato
Press Release Concerning Fr John Corapi from SOLT Regional Priest Servant
soltnews.blogspot.com/…/press-release-c…
July 5, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
From: Rev. Gerard Sheehan, SOLT Regional Priest Servant Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Robstown, Texas
Fr. John A. Corapi submitted his resignation from the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity ("SOLT") early in June. SOLT is …More
Press Release Concerning Fr John Corapi from SOLT Regional Priest Servant
soltnews.blogspot.com/…/press-release-c…
July 5, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

From: Rev. Gerard Sheehan, SOLT Regional Priest Servant Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Robstown, Texas

Fr. John A. Corapi submitted his resignation from the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity ("SOLT") early in June. SOLT is a Society of Apostolic Life of Diocesan Right with its regional office in Robstown, Texas.

While SOLT does not typically comment publicly on personnel matters, it recognizes that Fr. John Corapi, through his ministry, has inspired thousands of faithful Catholics, many of whom continue to express their support of him. SOLT also recognizes that Fr. Corapi is now misleading these individuals through his false statements and characterizations. It is for these Catholics that SOLT, by means of this announcement, seeks to set the record straight.

A woman, well known to Fr. John Corapi, mailed SOLT a signed letter detailing allegations of Fr. Corapi's sexual activity with adult women, abuse of alcohol and drugs, improper sacramental practices, violation of his promise of poverty, and other wrongdoing.

After receiving the allegation, SOLT formed a three person fact-finding team to ensure that it handled this matter in accordance with canonical norms. The team included a priest-canonist, a psychiatrist, and a lawyer. Two were members of religious orders, and one was a lay Catholic. Two were men, and one was a woman. All three have national reputations and substantial experience in ecclesiastical processes related to priest disciplinary issues.

As the Society was engaging this team, Fr. Corapi filed a civil lawsuit against his principal accuser. He contended that she had defamed him and breached her contract. The contract, according to Corapi's lawsuit, contained a provision binding the woman to silence about him. He offered the woman $100,000 to enter this agreement.

SOLT's fact-finding team subsequently learned that Fr. Corapi may have negotiated contracts with other key witnesses that precluded them from speaking with SOLT's fact-finding team. Many of these witnesses likely had key information about the accusations being investigated and declined to answer questions and provide documents.

When the fact-finding team asked Fr. Corapi to dismiss the lawsuit, to forbear from foreclosing his mortgage, and to release her and other individuals from their contractual obligations to remain silent about him, he refused to do so and, through his canonical advocate, stated: "It is not possible for Father Corapi to answer the Commission's questions at this time."

SOLT's fact-finding team has acquired information from Fr. Corapi's e-mails, various witnesses, and public sources that, together, state that, during his years of public ministry:

He did have sexual relations and years of cohabitation (in California and Montana) with a woman known to him, when the relationship began, as a prostitute; He repeatedly abused alcohol and drugs; He has recently engaged in sexting activity with one or more women in Montana; He holds legal title to over $1 million in real estate, numerous luxury vehicles, motorcycles, an ATV, a boat dock, and several motor boats, which is a serious violation of his promise of poverty as a perpetually professed member of the Society.

SOLT has contemporaneously with the issuance of this press release directed Fr. John Corapi, under obedience, to return home to the Society’s regional office and take up residence there. It has also ordered him, again under obedience, to dismiss the lawsuit he has filed against his accuser.

SOLT's prior direction to Fr. John Corapi not to engage in any preaching or teaching, the celebration of the sacraments or other public ministry continues. Catholics should understand that SOLT does not consider Fr. John Corapi as fit for ministry.

Father Sheehan will not be available for comments as he is attending the SOLT General Chapter from July 5-23.

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