Yes, because it’s more than just about ticket fees; part of the blame is on Americanized Protestantism and its individualistic appeal, part of the blame is on the Church and decades of poor catechesis and mimicry of Protestantism, part of the blame is on Catholics who have dropped the ball and turned away from the Faith to begin with. But that’s another topic altogether.
I agree.
Amen.
Who cares?
Is that supposed to somehow justify the $37.00/seat?So are you saying it’s unjustified? You’ve studiously avoided expressing any real opinion, just making constant insinuations. Why don’t you come out and say what your opinion really is?Who cares?
Take caution in your little attacks. They are wrong.
Yeah, and they would be gravely wrong to advertise it as having been blessed by a pope.Rubbish.
**Someone who owns, say, a Rosary blessed by the Pope, has every right to sell that Rosary to someone else. **Of course they aren’t charging for the blessing, they’re charging for the costs of postage to the buyer and the like. It’s not simony to charge for the legitimate costs of sending an item, albeit a blessed one, to anotehr person. They certainly can’t charge MORE than a similar unblessed rosary would cost to purchase or mail, but they can nonetheless charge money.
Here, too, Father Corapi isn’t charging people to attend Mass. He’s charging them to attend the conference, which he is entitled to do.
People at World Youth Day were charged attendance for some events. Some of those included Mass, but they weren’t being charged to attend Mass, they were being charged to attend whatever conference or retreat the Mass was a part of. None of these events, you may be sure, cost more than a similar conference would’ve done without Mass.
So there’s no simony involved in the case. It’s not the Mass that is being charged money for, but purely the conference.
Put it in terms that may make it easier to understand - parishes frequently charge people (at least those who can afford it) to be married in their Church. Those people aren’t paying for the sacrament, they’re paying for the costs associated with using the building - electricity, cleaning beforehand and afterwards and the like. Asking for payment in regards these expenses is not simony, and certainly parishes will frequently waive the fee for poor couples.
This whole thread has been one long string of your unfounded insinuations about this priest. It ought to be closed.
There is also more than 19,000 seats available in which to spread the rental cost…
Sweet.
I know very little about Fr Corapi. Does he sell out venues? Will 19,000 people show up to listen to him?
Mark, I agree that this thread should be closed. It’s not particularly edifying.
Not to derail the thread, but I’d go so far as to clarify that Protestants are merely more familiar with using the Scriptures - if they actually knew them better they’d be Catholics.
No - in the case of John Paul II, a rosary blessed by him would now be a relic of some kind. It probably SHOULD be stated to be such so that it is treated with the respect that relics of the saints deserve.
Doesn’t his parish give him a monthly pay cheque?
He’s not a parish priest.Doesn’t his parish give him a monthly pay cheque?
No way. Particularly not if it was “stated to be such” in order to get a higher price. It could always be disclosed after the sale. I seriously doubt any buyer would be upset to learn that a rosary they had purchased had been blessed by a pope.No - in the case of John Paul II, a rosary blessed by him would now be a relic of some kind. It probably SHOULD be stated to be such so that it is treated with the respect that relics of the saints deserve.
Like I said, the only way they’d be wrong would be to charge more for it than for an ordinary Rosary.