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BROOKLYN 25/10 – Day 41: shopping

Posted on 7 November 2025 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Over in Rome the sunrise was at 6:48 and the sunset was at 16:59. The Ave Maria Bells was supposed to ring for the Curia, but it didn’t. However, it did ring at The Parish, and this is what it … Continue reading →

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Wherein Fr. McDonald challenges Fr. Z

Posted on 7 November 2025 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Fr. Allan McDonald has a blog called Southern Orders. At that blog he issued a “challenge” to me. HERE Father has taken exception to what I wrote about a homily (homilies) given by Fr. David Carter in Chattanooga about the … Continue reading →

Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests, SESSIUNCULA, The Drill, What are they REALLY saying? | Tagged D. Knoxville, Fr. Allan McDonald, moral injury | 14 Comments

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"Fr Z is a true phenomenon of the information age: a power blogger and a priest." - Anna Arco

“Given that Rorate Coeli and Shea are mad at Fr. Z, I think it proves Fr. Z knows what he is doing and he is right.” - Comment

"Let me be clear. Fr. Z is a shock jock, mostly. His readership is vast and touchy. They like to be provoked and react with speed and fury." - Sam Rocha

"Father Z’s Blog is a bright star on a cloudy night." - Comment

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Rev. John Zuhlsdorf, a scrappy blogger popular with the Catholic right. - America Magazine

RC integralist who prays like an evangelical fundamentalist. -Austen Ivereigh on Twitter

[T]he even more mainline Catholic Fr. Z. blog. -Deus Ex Machina

“For me the saddest thing about Father Z’s blog is how cruel it is.... It’s astonishing to me that a priest could traffic in such cruelty and hatred.” - Jesuit homosexualist James Martin to BuzzFeed

"Fr. Z's is one of the more cheerful blogs out there and he is careful about keeping the crazies out of his commboxes" - Paul in comment at 1 Peter 5

"I am a Roman Catholic, in no small part, because of your blog.
I am a TLM-going Catholic, in no small part, because of your blog.
And I am in a state of grace today, in no small part, because of your blog."
- Tom in comment

"Thank you for the delightful and edifying omnibus that is your blog."- Reader comment.

"Fr. Z disgraces his priesthood as a grifter, a liar, and a bully. - - Mark Shea
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