"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
One of the best ways to evangelize is to be a friend.
In general Catholics really fail at media. It’s frustrating. That said, I think Catholic Vote has put forth some fantastic videos–their first video during the 2008 campaign in particular was moving and inspiring: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61wj4tJICcc&feature=share&list=PLC0517EAB2DC6C9E6
The Guinness ad put me in mind of the bit at the end of Prince Caspian where Reepicheep the mouse petitions Aslan to restore Reepicheep’s maimed tail (“the honour and glory of a mouse”), and Reepicheep’s lieutenant Peepiceek and the other mice-soldiers step forward with swords drawn in case Aslan declines, ready to cut off their own tails rather than shame their captain by bearing an honour denied to him.
I agree with Mamajen that CatholicVote.org has made some great strides in using this medium. I particularly enjoyed the series of video spots commissioned by CatholicVote.org for their “Life: Imagine the Potential” campaign. The second video in that series was my favorite (watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIBZ-kJ6XAc). The creative minds at Grassroots Films – the independent film production company that CatholicVote.org contracted to create the video spots – deserve credit for the brilliance of that ad campaign (you can visit the company’s website at http://www.grassrootsfilms.com). The USCCB should not only hire Grassroots Films; if you ask me, the bishops should be keeping them on retainer. As Fr. Z suggests, we have a lot of ground to make up in figuring out how to put this medium to effective use for the good of all.
http://catholic-link.com have just started making their own animations, but in the mean time they continue to organise videos by topic, made by absolutely anyone, which could be useful for apostolic purposes. They also do a lot of work adding Spanish subtitles to English language videos.
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