"The great Father Zed, Archiblogopoios"
-
Fr. John Hunwicke
"Some 2 bit novus ordo cleric"
- Anonymous
"Rev. John Zuhlsdorf, a traditionalist blogger who has never shied from picking fights with priests, bishops or cardinals when liturgical abuses are concerned."
- Kractivism
"Father John Zuhlsdorf is a crank" "Father Zuhlsdorf drives me crazy" "the hate-filled Father John Zuhlsford" [sic]
"Father John Zuhlsdorf, the right wing priest who has a penchant for referring to NCR as the 'fishwrap'"
- Michael Sean Winters
"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
"A cross between Kung Fu Panda and Wolverine."
- Anonymous
Fr. Z is officially a hybrid of Gandalf and Obi-Wan XD
- Comment
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.
When I saw the title of this post in my Google reader I was surprised that Paul Newman’s case for beatification had advanced so quickly :)
Michael:
That isn’t even remotely funny. If you want to challenge me on it, just get started. And remember: think before you comment.
I got a chuckle.
Jane:
LIGHTEN UP!
Times are already tough enough.
We aren’t talking about the Blessed Sacrament or Mary’s virginity.
A little humor is what makes us Catholic, not Puritans.
As an aside, the custom of the recognition, transfer etc. of relics can be hard for non Catholics and some Catholics alike.
I find it fascinating.
Jack in KC
Am I missing something? Jane doesn’t sound like someone I want to challenge, and I’m certainly not. I am curious though as to why Michael needed to be slapped down in such a combative manner.
I for one perceived no offense in his comment.
I have watched the event but I believe the Mass was more Pontifical Mass in
the ordinary form and not Solemn High Mass. The Ceremony was rather beautiful
though. Ad orientem, seven candles, Roman chasubles, unbleached candles, etc.
the chapel of st charles is on the epistle side of the oratory church and is an austere yet elegant counter to the lavish shrine to st philip on the gospel side, although there are few earthly remains i wonder if an effigy of newman might yet be displayed , Madame Tussards has a waxwork of the cardinal that dates from the early days of the exhibition which was still displayed the last time i visited
I am really surprised that the coffin contained no bones. Does anyone know the reason for that?
Sharon: In the article the BBC website ran, the explanation was that the coffin had been in very humid ground for over a century, and wasn’t sealed against that moist. Under such conditions ‘dust to dust’ can happen rather rapidly.
Bones and teeth can last a long time — thousands of years — if the soil is relatively well-drained, and thus dries out. Clay is particularly good, if I remember correctly. But if you have sopping wet soil that stays sopping wet all the time (as in the marshy ground at Newman’s grave), my understanding is that the water and bacteria and micro-critters pretty well dissolve and eat away everything, after a while. Then the component minerals tend to drain into the soil, and nothing much is left. I’m impressed that there were even scraps of clothes in the coffin; must have been tough fabric they dressed him in.
Forgot to add that bogs are different, as they kinda cure you into leather with their chemical composition.