Fr Ripperger has done a LOT of good. The thing is, as he's gotten more famous, he's done and said some really questionable, dangerous things. The thing that sticks out in my mind are the numerous occasions on which he has quoted things said to him by demons. This is terrible. The stupidest demon is vastly more intelligent than any man. The are masters of deceit and manipulation. A prudent man, receiving some word from them, will discard it utterly as poisoned. But he repeats such things to hundreds of thousands of people. Only God knows how many souls were harmed by the lies and half-truths that Fr R heard and then repeated. You have reverted to the faith lately, Mike, so you might not be familiar with the case of Fr John Corapi, another priest who drew a large following, mainly for speaking boldly and manfully against sin. Look him up. He basically imploded in a scandal of sex, drugs, and embezzlement after he refused to obey his bishop. Remember that his bishop, whether a good man or a bad man, knows Fr Ripperger when the camera lights are off, and knows him far better than we do. Pray for him and his judgment. Pray for Fr R that he takes this medicine, whether he "deserves" it or not, manfully and humbly, and comes out of it better than ever. Either his obedience or rebellion will reveal Fr Ripperger's inner life to the rest of us in ways we mostly would not like ourselves.