Chad Ripperger
American Catholic priest and exorcist, author on demonic influence
Chad Ripperger (American Catholic priest and exorcist, author on demonic influence) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Spiritual warfare, Exorcism in the Catholic Church, Unidentified flying objects and government disclosure.
In their words
Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.
Spiritual warfare
Ripperger argued voting alone cannot solve society's problems because the battle is spiritual, with prayer the primary remedy.
“that's just not going to ultimately change because this is a spiritual battle The main thing for people to remember”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #324 Father Ripperger - The Signs of Diabolical Influence in America (Jul 23, 2026) · Listen from 2:14:54
Ripperger recommended asking Our Lady and the angels to keep oneself or one's corporation hidden from harmful people.
“ask your guardian angel or the angels to keep you hidden from the wrong kinds of people. And it has a phenomenally good effect”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #324 Father Ripperger - The Signs of Diabolical Influence in America (Jul 23, 2026) · Listen from 2:02:57
Ripperger said he concluded about a decade ago that public life is no longer a battle of ideas but of good and evil.
“this is no longer a battle of ideas. It's no longer a battle of, you know, do people have differences of opinions? This is a battle of good and evil”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #324 Father Ripperger - The Signs of Diabolical Influence in America (Jul 23, 2026) · Listen from 3:25
Exorcism in the Catholic Church
Ripperger argued that possession is not the worst spiritual state; mortal sin is worse.
“Actually, possession is not the worst thing. The worst thing is sin, mortal sin specifically”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #324 Father Ripperger - The Signs of Diabolical Influence in America (Jul 23, 2026) · Listen from 1:16:43
Ripperger said exorcists do not liberate anyone themselves; Christ causes the liberation after the exorcist's work.
“if christ doesn't step in and actually cause liberation nothing happens”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #324 Father Ripperger - The Signs of Diabolical Influence in America (Jul 23, 2026) · Listen from 1:15:42
Ripperger recounted a demon, Beelzebub, telling him its method is convincing people they cannot be separated from a particular good.
“I convince people that they cannot be separated from the particular good”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #324 Father Ripperger - The Signs of Diabolical Influence in America (Jul 23, 2026) · Listen from 1:09:14
Unidentified flying objects and government disclosure
Ripperger cited top astrophysicists as holding that the energy requirements for interstellar travel make visitation unreasonable to presume.
“the energy requirements to be able to travel, even from one of our closest neighbors, is so extreme that it's not reasonable to presume that it's even possible”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #324 Father Ripperger - The Signs of Diabolical Influence in America (Jul 23, 2026) · Listen from 10:51
Ripperger argued that seeing something unexplained in the sky does not justify concluding it comes from another planet, violating the principle of evidence.
“just because you see something you can't explain doesn't mean there's people in other planets that's a logical leap”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #324 Father Ripperger - The Signs of Diabolical Influence in America (Jul 23, 2026) · Listen from 9:45
Ripperger suspected that many in government are anti-Christian and seek to replace Christianity with an alternative account of human origins.
“My suspicion is that a lot of the people that are in government are actually anti-Christian, and so part of their way, what their goal is, is to supplant Christianity”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #324 Father Ripperger - The Signs of Diabolical Influence in America (Jul 23, 2026) · Listen from 7:58
Guardian angels
Ripperger recounted a possessed woman reporting that the guardian angel of his priesthood, sent mentally from an airport, appeared and held her hand.
“He said he appeared to me and held my hand during this whole episode”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #324 Father Ripperger - The Signs of Diabolical Influence in America (Jul 23, 2026) · Listen from 1:40:52
Ripperger said guardian angels become more involved in a person's life the more that person asks for their help.
“the primary way that they get involved in our lives is by our asking them. So the more we ask them and the more we invoke their intersection”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #324 Father Ripperger - The Signs of Diabolical Influence in America (Jul 23, 2026) · Listen from 1:42:04
Christianity
Ripperger said many Christians lose debates because they do not know their faith well, citing a bishop's interview with Ben Shapiro as a missed opportunity.
“the first thing is that a lot of christians don't know their faith well And so a lot of times they get mopped up”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #324 Father Ripperger - The Signs of Diabolical Influence in America (Jul 23, 2026) · Listen from 1:33:48
Ripperger argued Christians have misread 'turn the other cheek' and have an obligation to fight for Christ's glory rather than show effeminate unwillingness to battle.
“we have an obligation to fight for and to protect the glory of Christ himself, Christ the King. We have an obligation to fight for him”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #324 Father Ripperger - The Signs of Diabolical Influence in America (Jul 23, 2026) · Listen from 1:32:25
Fall of the angels
Ripperger said the patristic tradition interprets Revelation's image of the dragon sweeping down stars as meaning a third of the angels fell.
“That has been interpreted universally by the patristics, that is the fathers of the church, and also the theologians throughout time as referring to a third of the angels fell”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #324 Father Ripperger - The Signs of Diabolical Influence in America (Jul 23, 2026) · Listen from 55:30
Ripperger said angels' wills become permanently fixed after their choice, so demons say they would repeat their rebellion.
“demons will say, yeah, it was a bad choice, but I'd still do it again, because their wills become fixed in that”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #324 Father Ripperger - The Signs of Diabolical Influence in America (Jul 23, 2026) · Listen from 48:55
Divine mercy
Ripperger defined mercy as God loosening the bonds of justice for a person's spiritual good.
“So mercy is defined as loosening the bonds of justice for the good of the individual”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #324 Father Ripperger - The Signs of Diabolical Influence in America (Jul 23, 2026) · Listen from 2:37:36
Rosary
Ripperger said that praying the rosary daily for a specific vice will soon cause it to go away, citing saints' teaching and the victory at Lepanto.
“if there's a particular vice you're trying to overcome in your life, start saying the rosary every day for that intention, and pretty quick it'll go away”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #324 Father Ripperger - The Signs of Diabolical Influence in America (Jul 23, 2026) · Listen from 2:12:09
Appearances
#324 Father Ripperger - The Signs of Diabolical Influence in AmericaThe Shawn Ryan Show · Jul 23, 2026 · 2 h 46 min
Exorcist Father Chad Ripperger tells Shawn Ryan about UFO disclosure, the angelic hierarchy and fall, spiritual warfare, guardian angels, prayer, heaven, and divine mercy.
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