"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'"
"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.
-
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
God rest his soul. Prayers.
Oremus.
Yes, I just noticed this on Spirit Daily.
May His Eminence rest in peace.
rip.
And the hatred against the Catholic Church is so great that just this past week it was decided that this dying man who apparently also suffered from dementia was competent to be questioned by secular authorities on their quest for victims of alleged abuses.
I guess God had other plans and called him home. R.I.P.
We will pray for him. He was the Cardinal that confirmed us in 1999 when we entered (returned in my case) the One True Church.
And all the yapping jackals on the morning boob tube snoozecasts in the Philly area could talk about was….wait for it….the abuse scandal. No word about his work to help the marginalized, his long years of dedication to His Church, his gentle demeanor and willingness to be a good shepherd.
It’s always titillation, sex, and scandal. No matter what.
You know, I know we’re supposed to pray for those who persecute us, but, at some point…is it a sin to pray that their eyes be opened or shut forever?
He confirmed me and my classmates in the early 80’s in Pittsburgh. I was scared to death, but I answered a question correctly and was fine after that! RIP.
I was just going to remark on this but I see that Joseph-Mary above beat me to it: A judge ruled he was healthy enough to testify in the sex abuse cases and within days, he dies. God has mysterious ways.
RIP.
Bill Donohue of the Catholic League just released a statement
http://www.catholicleague.org/cardinal-bevilacqua-treated-unfairly/
Cardinal Bevilacqua was the vicar general of the diocese of Brooklyn in the 1970’s. I know this because I have read materials about that dubious apparition known as Bayside, and they always point the gun at him for statements there was a thorough investigation of the alleged visions, when they say there was not.
I don’t think it was necessary to have an extensive investigation of messages which say that test tube babies dont’ have souls! I don’t agree with IVF, but I know young teenage girl conceived in such a manner, who has a strong Catholic faith.
To turn our attention to more plesanter things, when he was archbishop of Philly, he devied the concept of innovative Masses for fallen-away Catholics! Letter drops would be done in a particular area, inviting lasped Catholics to attend special services of reconciliation. People came back to the Church who had been away for 20, 30 even 40 years! Some of them said nobody had ever inquired of them after they left.
Regarding his role in alleged cover ups, we leave this in God’s hands whatever wrong doingo there was, for the record I just wanted to point out some good things he had done.