Many Catholics of today have fallen into the trap of feminism, and don’t even realize it justifying the decisions they make for themselves under the guise of not being “sinful” even if done to the detriment of their families. I’m speaking mainly here in the area of working mothers and wives. As Catholics, we do not take our marching orders from the feminist-dominated and feminist-indulgent society around us, but from the Catholic philosophy granted to us.
So let’s look at Church teaching with respect to women. First from Pope Pius XI’s Casti Connubii (12/31/1930): “11. Thus amongst the blessings of marriage, the child holds the first place. And indeed the Creator of the human race Himself, Who in His goodness wishes to use men as His helpers in the propagation of life, taught this when, instituting marriage in Paradise, He said to our first parents, and through them to all future spouses: "Increase and multiply, and fill the earth." As St. Augustine admirably deduces from the words of …More