Fr. Ripperger and Ninjas

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LittleFlower378 said:
Pope Leo’s Encyclical Rerum Novarum:
Women, again, are not suited for certain occupations; a woman is by nature fitted for home-work, and it is that which is best adapted at once to preserve her modesty and to promote the good bringing up of children and the well-being of the family.
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This is certainly counter-cultural. Many average Catholics in the pew would have no idea who Pope Leo XIII even was, nor know anything about Rerum novarum.

It very often happens, particularly in middle- and low-income families, that the wife has the “good” job — insurance, benefits, job security, working indoors in a clerical or administrative function — while the husband does contract work, often outdoors, more physically demanding.
 
HopkinsReb said:
Oh, good. Maybe the only reason I’m not demonically possessed from reading Harry Potter repeatedly is that I’ve read Lord of the Rings repeatedly.
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It’s more of the attention seeking dynamic. Harry Potter was a hugely successful and popular series of books. Whats the best way to get your name out there as the flag bearer of arch-traditionalists who isn’t afraid to speak truth to power? Attack the latest trend and start a panic about demonic activity in children’s books, of course.
 
LittleFlower378 said:
If families just want all sorts of gadgets, money, and material extras…at the expense of having the wife work outside the home, then it is a sin.
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If the family just wants all sorts of unnecessary frippery, then greed is the sin not the working outside the home.

My mother’s employer made it possible for us as a family to have good healthcare since my father was for a time self-employed.
 
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I do know that a lot of Fundamentalist Baptist’s call Tolkien a hell bound Roman Catholic.
 
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Tis_Bearself said:
Just another “Internet celebrity priest”. They occasionally say good things but all of them will be going for the attention grab at some point
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I see that more with liberal priests who seek attention by advancing their agendas such as ‘women priests’, etc.
 
LittleFlower378 said:
This has been the constant teaching of the Church. Married women should not neglect their duty at home. Fr.Rippergers point is that married women should not enter the workforce without grave matter. If families just want all sorts of gadgets, money, and material extras…at the expense of having the wife work outside the home, then it is a sin. Its also part of nature. Women have certain perfections that apply to taking care of children and maintaining productive family life. Also, if a women is unnecessarily hard at work every, she is not going to want to come home and tend to the children. It makes for a problematic home life. In some cases its necessary, so the Church has taught that women can enter the workforce, and it can be a good as well.

Pope Leo’s Encyclical Rerum Novarum:
Women, again, are not suited for certain occupations; a woman is by nature fitted for home-work, and it is that which is best adapted at once to preserve her modesty and to promote the good bringing up of children and the well-being of the family.
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This is nonsense and it is not a Church teaching that women should stay at home. Show me in the CCC the Church teaches this. All Church teachings are summarised there.
 
Tis_Bearself said:
I didn’t say Fr Ripperger criticized the Pope. I was making a general comment about attention-seeking Internet priests.

Fr Ripperger is obviously more likely to see problems with pop culture and women working, while Fr Z is more likely to criticize the Pope. They are both cut from the same cloth. They like the attention.
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Your ‘general comment’ sounds a lot like ‘your opinion’. To be quite honest, you border line being offensive in regards to your ‘opinion’ toward a Priest.

Might I recommend you learn to ‘Pray for our Priest’ rather than gossip your opinion about our Priest?

God bless.
 
SeekSalvation said:
Your ‘general comment’ sounds a lot like ‘your opinion’. To be quite honest, you border line being offensive in regards to your ‘opinion’ toward a Priest.

Might I recommend you learn to ‘Pray for our Priest’ rather than gossip your opinion about our Priest?

God bless.
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Of course it’s her opinion. What else would it be?

Father Ripperger has made himself a very public figure and has taken stances that are controversial. We’re allowed to have opinions about his public pronouncements. Disagreeing with a priest is not disrespectful.

If the topic was Fr. James Martin’s efforts to change Church teaching on homosexuality, somehow I don’t think you’d be pushing this “how dare you question a priest” line.
 
LittleFlower378 said:
This has been the constant teaching of the Church. Married women should not neglect their duty at home. Fr.Rippergers point is that married women should not enter the workforce without grave matter. If families just want all sorts of gadgets, money, and material extras…at the expense of having the wife work outside the home, then it is a sin. Its also part of nature. Women have certain perfections that apply to taking care of children and maintaining productive family life. Also, if a women is unnecessarily hard at work every, she is not going to want to come home and tend to the children. It makes for a problematic home life. In some cases its necessary, so the Church has taught that women can enter the workforce, and it can be a good as well.

Pope Leo’s Encyclical Rerum Novarum:
Women, again, are not suited for certain occupations; a woman is by nature fitted for home-work, and it is that which is best adapted at once to preserve her modesty and to promote the good bringing up of children and the well-being of the family.
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I wonder what occupations Leo XIII thought women weren’t suited for: doctor, lawyer, judge, political leader, manager? Pope Leo’s ideas were formulated in the agricultural Italy of the late 1800’s — an entirely different world. I suspect that he also thought womens’ education didn’t need to progress beyond elementary levels either.
 
It’s called sharing your opinion.

Father Ripperger put his opinion out there for people to discuss.

Some will agree and some will disagree.

It’s a discussion not gossip.

Disagreement is not disrespect.
 
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LawyersGunsAndMoney said:
If the topic was Fr. James Martin’s efforts to change Church teaching on homosexuality,
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Talk about an attention seeker lol. The liberals corner the market. Fr. Rip and Fr. Z are not seeking to change the teachings of Jesus. We should want to give them more attention.
 
LawyersGunsAndMoney said:
If the topic was Fr. James Martin’s efforts to change Church teaching on homosexuality, somehow I don’t think you’d be pushing this “how dare you question a priest” line.
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I guess you know me better than I? Your judgement of me is incorrect, I would ‘Pray For Our Priest’. Don’t judge what you know not of.

God bless.
 
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