"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'"
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- 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."-
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- Mark Shea
The Mass truly was amazing. Just the procession in was a sight to behold, and it was wonderful having +Thomas there. I wanted to take pictures for you but everything is boxed up for the move tomorrow.
To your reader in the OP, there are several EF Masses already offered in Philadelphia, though certainly not enough yet. But Cardinal Rigali is very orthodox and traditional, and while he might not be taking the lead on pushing for EF Masses, he’s certainly not an enemy to it the way some bishops sadly are. Hopefully the experience of Auxiliary Bishop Thomas at the sublime and magnificent Mass today will lead to greater use of the EF in Philadelphia.
As an aside, one of the priests assisting at the Mass is a new priest at my home parish, the newly merged Our Lady of Peace in Williamstown, NJ (formed from St. Mary’s and St. John Neumann). He was more or less raised by Fr. Pasley, and is about to start learning the EF Mass directly from him. That bodes well for my home parish, as they now have a new, traditional pastor who has already begun instituting greater use of Latin and traditional hymns along with many other returns to orthopraxy, and so I think there is great hope that with Fr. Markellos the EF might one day be offered in my home parish, as well. Brick by brick, Father.
Sorry, meant to include this link for the reader from the OP, but here is a listing of the current EF offerings in Philadelphia. It’s not much, but it’s something.
Maybe he’ll have a good report for Cardinal Rigali and perhaps someday I won’t have to drive over 100 miles round trip to attend an EF Mass!
Gentle Reader, in case you missed the announcement on this blog back in July, St. Paul Church in South Philadelphia will offer Mass in the EF, a Missa Cantata, every Sunday at noon starting on October 25th. Hopefully, St. Paul’s is considerably more convenient for you.