"The great Father Zed, Archiblogopoios"
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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'"
"Zuhlsdorf is an eccentric with no real consequences" -
HERE
- 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.
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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
How wonderful it would be if Fr Finigan was appointed to Westminster. God knows we need someone of his ilk, not only in Westminster but in every diocese of England and Wales.
However, unless Fr Z you’re privy to what will be happening with the Westminster succession (and it would be wonderful if you are and that you are right), many of us will take a lot of convincing that we will get such a worthy and needed appointment. You must know from your travels over here and discourse with good, sound priests and lay-folk, what the real episcopal situation is here. It will be very difficult for one good man to break through the Eccleston Square ‘club’, its executive wing, the bishops’ conference and its Rome liaison officer, the Nuncio. I am genuinely not being cynical when I say that – it is a fairly accurate reflection of the desperate straights we’re in over here.
‘Cybercanon’, maybe?
Hugh: Heaven’s NO! A real canon! With all the gear.
Half a million is truly impressive; according to the latest statistics, average Sunday Mass attendance for the whole of England was 875,000.
Richard: You do know that those 500,000 people were actually on his blog all on the same Sunday, right?
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I don’t think you want to be a Canon in Westminster, Father. They’ve ditched the cappa and the bunny rabbit fur, and the replacement is woeful. You have to wonder about their sense of timing…
Even if he were made an honorary canon, Fr. Z would presumably have to be incardinated into the diocese of Westminster first.
I think he could then wear all the traditional rig, including, in England, red buttons on a black cassock.
Dr. Wright: I don’t think that is precisely correct. I believe that it is possible to be a canon of a place but not be incardinated in that place. For example, the entire chapter of canons of St. Peter’s Basilica, as well as the other basilicas in Rome, are not incardinated in Rome. There are canons of the Cathedral of my (suburbicarian) diocese who are not incardinated in the diocese.
pattif: Yes, but we are talking about a CyberChapter. That means we could come up with something different.