Father Phillip De Vous is the pastor of St. Joseph Parish, Crescent Springs, KY. He is a weekly commentator on matters of church affairs, public policy on the Sonrise in the Morning Radio show, carried globally on the EWTN Radio Network. He served as the public policy manager of the Acton Institute from 2001-2003

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That’s a lot of hate for the poor and desperate there.

and their fashion sense is not a top priority at the moment.

So they put themselves in a position of authority that, traditionally, supersedes that of even her husband.

IMHO, of course.

They play on women's insecurities about their looks and tell us that feminists are all fat and ugly and will never be attractive to men. It isn't true of course. There are feminists of every size and shape and sort. And it doesn't matter what we look like or if hateful men think we are attractive. There is nothing worse than being treated like a second class citizen.

Besides, who does this dreadful looking man think he is to judge the looks of any woman? Fuck him!

and his femmen-Nazi routine.

...so concerned with evaluating women based on their looks?

"Hmm, that blonde on the left, she's a 7... the girl behind, maybe a 5 for now"

the young boys.

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and OMG! "holding hands".

and as a Ps....isn't he a cutie

Just like Father Caughlin before them, right wing Catholics use doctrine as a cudgel to beat down vulnerable populations. Left leaning Catholics like the Nuns on the Bus reflect the social justice message reflected in the Gospels.

their children - evil scum.

My sister started attending Episcopal services, but too many MAGAs in that church. She is looking for a new one.

Also transgender people.

The 1 in Tulsa has been periodically attacked for this.

Old rituals die hard.

I've been fortunate enough never to have attended one. My experiences with the Episcopal church have been overwhelmingly positive.

They are very conservative, anti-abortion, patriarchal and anti-equal rights.

The one in my community will not allow the Cub Scout Pack, that they sponsor as a charter organization, to accept girls as members, even though Boy Scouts of America now accepts girls into Scouting. The charter organization sponsor church has final say on the matter, even though the Pack leaders and parents wanted to accept girls.

They split with the Episcopal Church over the ordination of a gay bishop and recognition of same sex marriage.

But I believe there are some more “conservative” branches that have broken away from the main church. Like ELCA is the “normal” Lutheran church (pretty liberal) and Missouri Synod is the branch that will wear MAGA hats.

makes the MAGA hats.

We are not Catholic but we sent our son to a Jesuit high school because of their commitment to social justice. My son spent 4 years on the crew team. There were many boys at the school from wealthy families and the crew team had fancy boats (shells), fancy uniforms, fancy tents etc. I chaperoned trips to away regattas. It was an easy gig as the boys were well behaved and competitive rowing requires a huge amount of training and practice before and after school. It tended to weed out the riff raff. I knew I had picked the right school when I observed the following: we were at a regatta. There was a team competing that was not fancy. They had tee shirts, they had a couple of shells that might have been patched with duct tape, they had no fancy tent. Their rowers would finish last in every event and I mean 3-5 minutes behind the next-to-last person. At the end of the competition, when our coaches had the boys circle up and accolades were handed out etc., the coach told the boys he really regretted what he had to do next. He said he was deeply disappointed to overhear conversations the boys had about the other team. Not that they had been overheard by anyone else-they weren’t talking loud and mocking. He explained to our boys that they had done nothing to earn their economic status. They had just been lucky enough to be born to the family they were. He talked about how it took a lot of character for the other team to come compete with the odds so stacked against them and compete with dignity. He talked about how instead of behaving like Christians and extending a hand of friendship or an offer of help or anything to the other team, some of our boys had stood to the side being snide. He said unfortunately his words weren’t enough and he needed them to remember this and never, ever, ever act like that again. He explained they were all being punished because they were all responsible for each other’s behavior and he wanted them to check each other. They did an hour of grueling exercises and instead of our luxury dinner at the fancy restaurant, the captains walked to a nearby grocery store and bought cheap bread, plastic cheese slices and generic peanut butter and that along with tap water, was dinner. In the 4 years my son was on that team, nothing like that ever happened again.

Kudos to the coach, and to the boys for learning from the experience.

That is how an adult build character in young people, let them know how fortunate they are and that not everyone is.

it's just bullshit. As if our lives are about nothing but how attractive we are to men!

Thank you. We don't exist to please men, but to live our lives as we see fit.

In 1963, when she was a freelance writer, she got a job as a Playboy bunny and wrote a well-received expose.

that on the internet.

... moment for the students

Ridiculous. And as a feminist I would have to say plastic is not fantastic for any woman..... this 'priest' is full of patriarchal sexist bollocks.

He's commenting on women's looks, however...

He was never touched, but was observed changing clothes to go for a swim on a campout. Interesting, my high school never took us on campouts.

Northern Kentucky/Covington is basically Cincy.

I grew up Catholic there; lived in an Irish/German Catholic neighborhood on the Irish/German side of town. I know a few of these types; my cousin sent her 2 boys to the same RTL march every year they attended Elder High (where my Dad went to school). It's not a healthy activity for children, least of all teen boys.

This asshole celibate is a perfect example of why my parents left the church, and their children have zero use for it.

This is from a purely visual perspective. It is so typical of those very unattractive and badly dressed men who constantly comment about women's appearances. Look in the mirror dudes. Look at both the front and back views of your perfect masculine physique then comment on some one else!

trolls women on the internet, is a life long member of Incels, sees a women as objects and judges them by appearances.

Wanna bet the less attractive women in his church are racking up some major punishments while the hotties get off with some hands-on, personal prayer sessions with the good father?

That let the kids wear MAGA hats to the march? Oh yeah, Trump is “pro-life” so all the hate and bigotry is instantly excused. There is no getting over their blind allegiance to this one issue (controlling women) than ALL others.

rather turn your face to your God that his countenance might wash away your darkness and sin.



There-hows that for an atheist???

Like he should be remotely interested in what women look like. Vow of celebicy, my ass.

Criticizes women... drawn to a boys only school.