"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" -
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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."-
Reader comment.
"Fr. Z disgraces his priesthood as a grifter, a liar, and a bully. -
- Mark Shea
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Oh, good! I needed a laugh after this day!
Not funny.
Funny.
Thanks for the link.
At least the Church managed to steal the President’s thunder.
It’s been a long and strange day. I chuckled. Thanks, Father.
Ah…it is a good thing to have a sense of humor and after the tears comes a smile. Thanks, Fr. Z. ^^
Both are laugh out loud funny. Thanks Father!
As Phillip said
“It’s been a long and strange day.”
Thanks Fr. Z. We needed that. It lightened the load.
Nice to smile after a day of shock and tears.
Whoa! That was a page from a tear-off calendar, published last year! Did the Pope have that on his desk or something?
The odds against that are like… winning the lottery. Or… getting struck by lightning.
Still in shock, but now feeling selfish to boot.
He’s leaving quickly, too quickly for me, in any case. But there’s no reason to tarry, is there? He’d like to get out of the way of the next pope.
I wonder if we’ll ever see him again. The thought is heartbreaking. (Can anyone imagine Obama quietly “retiring”?)
Great cartoons, Father.
Extremely sad. What glorious 7 years of reign !! Now to loose him!!! Very painful to even think about it. But unable to not think about it. We are losing our Shepherd !!! I am in deep mourning. The loss is just too much. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us and your Vicar Benedict XVI.
I looked it up. “Strohsack” = lit. “straw mattress” or “a donkey’s breakfast.”
Which part of the phrase in the first comic is given up?
: )
God bless y’all
Thank you Father Z – I needed to good laugh and a smile. The strips are harmless and cute – no disrespect meant or taken. Boy, I’m going to miss him terribly. I feel like he has actually died :(
Thank you Father Z –
I needed to laugh and smile. The strips are harmless and cute – no disrespect meant or taken. Boy, I’m going to miss him terribly. I feel like he has actually died :(
Like Lauren, I, too, am feeling bereaved. I fully understand his need to retire – he is about 2 years older than my priest brother, who constantly feels exhausted. I miss him already, and will be looking for every chance to see him (on tv or the internet) for the rest of the month – and longer.
Both of the cartoons were hilarious, but I particularly liked the first one.
Kuendige, literally “to give notice.”
Technicalities, I know, but from what I’ve researched, a resignation noun form would be “Rücktritt” and the verb is zurcktreten.
Sorry, that should be “zurücktreten.” Seems I hit cut, instead of copy, when grabbing the “ü”.
“Kündigen”, as used here, is the standard term for to quit (or whatever the usual word in English is) a job.