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TheAmazingGrace
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Priests aren’t supposed to be explicitly political, so no…
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ExMethodist
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Considering what this hat is called and what it’s supposed to represent I’d say it’s inappropriate even without the political baggage.
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Xystus
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I’m not familiar with the hat, can you explain? (assuming you can explain without running afoul of forum language rules)
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Tantum_ergo
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It is a kitty cat hat. Many of them were designed, knit/crocheted, to be worn for the Women’s March. It was a reference to the fact that kitties can be called pssy cats (thus the ‘cat’ ears) and that the term 'pssy’ was used by Mr. Trump (and other men) as a reference to women and a part of their body celebrated in the ‘V@gina Monologues’.
Crude.
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Xystus
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If there was not photographic evidence a priest wearing that hat during mass I would be hard pressed to believe it actually happened.Thank you Tantum ergo for the explanation.
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Irishmom2
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Well if you click on the link, there is your photographic evidence.
Thank you Tantum ergo for the explanation.
Sorry, but if my priest did that, I would be changing parishes.
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JRS_88
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Nothing surprises me anymore. Just sad.
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3_Dog_Night
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Was the homily about the Last Things? Death, Judgment, Heaven, Hell? I have never heard a Catholic priest give a talk about these things. Bravo for him. Did he bring along a pitchfork too – ya know the Devil can’t be without that. I would have liked to have heard the homily, and I bet the line for confession will be a little longer this week (than usual).
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Xystus
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Yes, i saw the picture.
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TexCatholic4JMJ
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angell1
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sounds like a cute hat, associations aside
it is crude, how so many so-called self-respecting women or men for that matter use terms like that is just beyond me
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Pat_Payne
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Even without the political baggage, and if it were called something else, I’m pretty sure that wearing anything other than liturgical vestments at Mass is verboten. Doesn’t matter if it were a Dodgers cap, a top-hat, a WW1 Pilot’s helmet, a medieval Great Helm with full crest or a propeller beanie – it would still be not proper for the celebration of Mass.
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Beryllos
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I assume he wore it only for the homily.
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LordHaveMercy
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It would be good to discuss the matter with the priest involved, the pastor, or the bishop. Additionally, you might warn others in your area regarding this priest, especially if they are pregnant or may become pregnant and you think they may seek his counsel.
However, we should be careful about spreading pictures like these to anonymous strangers online…I worry that perhaps it could border on detraction, though I have every reason to believe the OP had only the purest intentions in sharing this image.
However, we should be careful about spreading pictures like these to anonymous strangers online…I worry that perhaps it could border on detraction, though I have every reason to believe the OP had only the purest intentions in sharing this image.
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tseleehw
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As others have said; it is very bad that this priest wore this hat. Him wearing that, even if it was just for part of the homily, sends a very strong implication that he supports several moral evils that the church is opposed to, including abortion and contraception, given that those were two of the key issues that the Women’s March was all about. Not everything the marchers stood for was bad, but given that abortion was probably the biggest issue in the march I can see no justification for supporting the event in such a manner.
Perhaps he had a good reason for wearing it (which I highly doubt), but even so, I would still strongly question the prudence of wearing such a thing, even for a moment. Without further evidence, I would maybe not go so far as to say that he outright supports heterodox beliefs or principles, but I would say that this priest’s orthodoxy is questionable, at the very least.
Perhaps he had a good reason for wearing it (which I highly doubt), but even so, I would still strongly question the prudence of wearing such a thing, even for a moment. Without further evidence, I would maybe not go so far as to say that he outright supports heterodox beliefs or principles, but I would say that this priest’s orthodoxy is questionable, at the very least.
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ExMethodist
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Just to clarify, the Priest spread the picture himself by posting it on Facebook with public settings.
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tseleehw
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I looked at his comments on the post and from what I can see, he is reasoning that he supports the Women’s March because of the other principles that they stand for, not their pro-abortion, pro-contraception stances.
The question is, can you separate their almost fanatical support of abortion from the principles that are good? In my opinion, no (and I see at least one other priest on a twitter feed he was participating in arguing the same thing). I watched a lot of the speeches that were given on Saturday. Virtually every speaker spoke about supporting abortion and expanding abortion access. Pro-life groups were excluded by the organizers of the march and made explicitly clear that they were not welcome. I would go as far as to say that the most important item on the organizers’ agenda was abortion rights. This priest may have good intentions, but I think he is misguided in how he chose to speak about them in his homily if he had to resort using that movement to make a point. There are ways to speak about and support Catholic social teachings without supporting a pro-abortion movement.
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Pat_Payne
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Doesn’t matter. WHY he wore it has no bearing. The fact that he wore it or ANY hat that isn’t a Biretta, Mitre or Zuchetto in the context of Mass is the issue for me. The Mass is not the place for that. Were I a priest and I decided to wear my favorite fedora during Mass, I’d hope someone would call me on it.
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