Should I Be Happy For My Dad's Relationship?

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(setting aside the details of the question here is the principle to apply)

Catechism:

1868 Sin is a personal act. Moreover, we have a responsibility for the sins committed by others when we cooperate in them:
  • by participating directly and voluntarily in them;
  • by ordering, advising, praising, or approving them;
  • by not disclosing or not hindering them when we have an obligation to do so;
  • by protecting evil-doers.
scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s1c1a8.htm#V

So any attempt at an invalid marriage or other disordered relationship should not be approved. Not something to be happy about.

Truth with Charity and Charity with Truth.
 
I agree with a poster who said to speak with a priest. I had a neighbor who was on his third marriage. The first two were to Catholics but not in the Catholic Church. The third was to a protestant. He divorced her converted to the Catholic Church and married a fourth woman in the Church.

Why I state this is to show that it simply cannot be determined who is validly married on an internet site.

Talk to a priest and follow his advice. Your father I take it isn’t and never has been Catholic?

You may want to read the Ask an Apologist Why is it wrong for me to go to my Catholic daughter’s wedding by Protestant minister?
 
Contra_Mundum said:
Rad Trad is nowadays used as an offensive term for those Catholics who prefer the old rite and are really into everything traditional. Nothing ominous about that, trust me.
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I think he means the ones who are so into traditionalism they will repudiate the authority of the Pope in theory or in practice.
 
Allegra said:
You are under no obligation to be happy for either of your parents’ relationships. This is a fallacy dreamed up by school guidance counselors. You are obligated to be respectful to your father and his new girl friend and treat them with common courtesy. You have a right to respectfully decline to be involved in any activity that makes you uncomfortable or that you find immoral. (ie. staying in the house where they are cohabitating or witnessing an invalid wedding.) You should do your best to keep communication open with your father and spend time with him as family comes first.
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Well put.
 
Cojuanco said:
I think he means the ones who are so into traditionalism they will repudiate the authority of the Pope in theory or in practice.
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Oh, OK. I forget about these groups. 😊 Thanks for clarifying.
 
Contra_Mundum said:
Rad Trad is nowadays used as an offensive term for those Catholics who prefer the old rite and are really into everything traditional. Nothing ominous about that, trust me.
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This is the context in which I have heard the term. I think the Plain Catholics would fit into this category. As far as I know, they submit themselves to the authority of the current Pope.
Catholic4Jesus said:
Radical Traditionalists (Sedevacantism, SSPX, etc).
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I have not heard of the Sedevacantists being called “RadTrad.” They are just in schism.
 
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