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The bottom line is that you cannot depend on the personal holiness of priests or bishops for your own personal holiness.\u00a0 The only true Holy One is the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Fr. Z<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 I urge you to read the rest.<\/p>\n

More on the Corapi case here<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 Elizabeth Scalia has some thoughts<\/a><\/strong> that seem apt, too.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"