Category Archives: Wherein Fr. Z Rants

Obama gives Amish complete exemption. Catholics? Talk to the hand! Why? Why do you think?

Posted on 14 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A few days ago Sr. Mary Ann Walsh at the USCCB Blog posted this:
Friday, March 9, 2012
Amish, Ok. Catholics, No.
The Amish are exempt from the entire health care reform law. So are members of Medi-Share, a program of Christian Care … Continue reading →

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Bishop confirms 19 people at SSPX chapel. Can you say “Win Win Scenario”?

Posted on 13 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Our friends at Rorate have publicized that a French bishop, Most. Rev. Jean Bonfils, Emeritus of Nice went to an SSPX chapel in Ajaccio, Corsica and administered the sacrament of Confirmation to 19 people.
It seems that the local SSPX priest … Continue reading →

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Pope Benedict: “Each confession … a step forward for new evangelization.” Wherein Fr. Z rants.

Posted on 12 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Every personal sin drags down the entire human race.
Every sacramental reconciliation helps to build us up.
We are in this together.
I have incessantly hollered that no initiative of renewal (New Evangelization, etc.) will succeed if we do not revitalize our liturgical … Continue reading →

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A reader’s first confession. Fr. Z congratulates and then rants.

Posted on 11 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
Just a quick ‘thank you’ for your posts on Confession. Went to first confession today (I’m a RCIA gearing up for the Easter Vigil). I was terrified. As a forty-something fella with a ‘chequered past’ my list was … Continue reading →

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Why A Religious Model for the State Is Not Good

Posted on 4 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Ask everybody and they’ll all agree it’s a good thing priests don’t run the world.
I agree with this view.
I also believe it’s even better that members of religious orders don’t run the world, whether they are Sisters of Mercy or, lemme … Continue reading →

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Pres. Obama owes you and me an apology!

Posted on 25 February 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Mr. President, you owe me and millions of American Catholics an apology.
You apologized to Islamic extremists and other Muslims abroad and in the United States for something done against the Islamic faith by mistake.
What you are doing to the consciences … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: Removal of Crucifixes from church during Lent. Fr. Z rants.

Posted on 23 February 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
At my parish, we have a tradition of taking down and stowing away the San Damiano Cross replica that hangs from the ceiling over our sanctuary. This year, I discovered the plenary indulgence for praying before a crucifix … Continue reading →

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PODCAzT 128: “Veterum sapientia”! 50th Anniversary. On Latin in the Church. Wherein Fr. Z rants.

Posted on 22 February 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Nolite oblivisci hodie quinquagesimum esse anniversarium promulgationis Apostolicae Constitutionis Veterum Sapientia!
Surely one of sorest points of our enduring shame as a Church is the way our shepherds have entirely ignored John XXIII’s Apostolic Constitution Veterum sapientia.
It isn’t long… but documents … Continue reading →

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Nancy Pelosi: ‘I am going to stick with fellow Catholics’ in Pres. Obama’s war on Catholics. Wherein Fr. Z rants.

Posted on 7 February 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), catholic and openly an abortion absolutist, is from the Archdiocese of San Francisco, but she spends most of her time in Washington DC.  She has at least quasi-domicile in the Archdiocese of Washington DC.
She is Archbishop Niederauer’s … Continue reading →

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Benedict XVI on the huge crisis we face as a Church. Wherein Fr. Z gets on his knees and begs you to act.

Posted on 28 January 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In his address to the Plenary meeting of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, His Holiness said this, which is merely one paragraph of his address in my rapid translation:
As we know, in vast areas of the world … Continue reading →

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