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"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."
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"Father John Zuhlsdorf is a crank"
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"the hate-filled Father John Zuhlsford" [sic]
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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.”
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"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
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Rev. John Zuhlsdorf, a scrappy blogger popular with the Catholic right.
- America Magazine
RC integralist who prays like an evangelical fundamentalist.
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[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."
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What if he didn’t have me say the act of contrition? I went again…just to be safe…and at another time with the curate.
a) the Act of Contrition can be dicey. I don’t have a parish so I help out. In some parishes the people have been told to say the Act of Contrition later, or even that it is not necessary. Usually they don’t know one, so I have to do a “call and response” style on the spot. Of course it’s not Father’s job to “have you say the act of contrition”, you should just say it. You don’t need his permission. There is nothing in the ritual that says “Priest: ‘act of contrition’. Pen. ‘O my God I am ….”
b) maybe smaller holes in the screen, so that penitent can’t see what Father is doing, or bigger holes, so that the penitent can see that maybe he actually did make the sign of the cross but they didn’t notice.
I would suggest that Father may have made the sign of the Cross, just not in large fashion. If a penitent is behind the screen, I often do not lift my arm but make the gestures with my hand and fingers.
It is difficult to know what is going on on the other side of the screen in a Confessional, which is the point, so don’t try to figure it out. That is my philosophy.