"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
“pie hole” LOL
Can he restrain himself? I mean Diaz, of course.
Perhaps we will see a Papal Smackdown.
Another possible translation:
To meddle theologically in Vatican issues from a theological viewpoint is not a matter of diplomacy, and that also applies to ambassadors accredited to the Holy See.
Good for Rodari! His headline set the tone: “The Pope and Diaz: Why Benedict XVI wishes diplomacy and not theology from the US Ambassador”
Just in case Diaz had other intentions, Paolo sets him straight right from the start!
I’m too tired to look up quite all the Latin for “Shut up and pay attention: I’m the theologian, you’re not,” but if I wasn’t, I could answer as to what it would be really, really fun to read in the newspapers.
Is it not a shame that Cdl. Ratzinger was not the Pope thirty years ago rather than piddling away his time as Prefect for the Congregation of the Faith? As someone wiser than me has said of him: It is as if he were coming out of a coma.
William, if card. Ratzinger had been Pope, it is possible that card. Wojtyla might have been the doctrine watchdog in his stead. Maybe it’s not so bad that Ratzinger was the Prefect. Who knows what would have happened to the Liturgy and doctrine if B16 hadn’t been where he was in those post Vatican II days.
By the way, I am NOT suggesting Pope John Paul was doctrinally wayward. He happens to be my compatriot and I respect and admire him for what he did as a person, for the man he was(and no doubt he indeed was a great man, both intellectually and in spirit) and for one or two encyclicals he wrote. But the fact remains that, for whatever reason, the Liturgy and theology were not his particular area of concern. He was more inclined to think in terms of bringing faith closer to the people and reaching out to the faithful, as well as forcefully speaking out on moral issues such as the evil of abortion and Communism. Unfortunately, the destruction of Liturgy and music of the Church continued unabated in the meantime. Perhaps John Paul’s sincere and laudable wish to bring all the people closer meant he had to turn a blind eye to some disturbing expressions of the misguided ‘ecumenism’ of the day.
*also meant
These next four years will be very interesting, as were the last fourty five +.