"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
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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.
-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
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"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
This was a shot – from my apartment window – of the Basilica and Apostolic Palace on the evening of the day that Pope Benedict was elected.
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Thanks for the decade of blogging and fellowship and spiritual guidance, Father Z. Ad multos annos!
This blog is a wonderful resource. Often when I am searching the web for answers to questions about the faith one of the top suggestions will be to an article on this site. There’s quite a body of work there!
I’ve also found links from your blog posts to great resources online–articles and other blogs to follow.
Thanks for urging us to go to confession, too.
Thank you Father! My family does not follow your blog except through me. They have gotten very use to me saying ” Father Z says…” We have learned so much, thank you again!
There are few things that I am proud to admit have been grafted to my identity. Obviously my faith and my wife and family are among them. My military service is there, as Catch-22 as it was. I’ve never thought a band or personality warranted such an assimilation. However, I can proudly say that I’m a Zed-Head!
December 8, 2005 — the date of one of the best homilies ever given. There is so much deep theology, presented in a way that a first-grader could understand, it sheds so much bright light on the dark landscape, that it is a beauty to behold over and over these last ten years.
It is by Pope Benedict, of course.
Congratulations!
Congratulations on ten years. I’ve checked the site every day since I found it in March of 2013.
Congratulations and thank you for all the wonderful posts, Fr. Z.!
Well done, Fr. Z!
Thanks, Father Z! Many happy years ahead.
Sto lat! Sto lat!
Congratulations on ten years of making every effort to keep on the Barque of Peter people who might be inclined to jump overboard in despair, off the starboard rail, of course. Those inclined to jump off the port rail are reading elsewhere.
As for that light on headquarters:
From Francis Effect: the Vatican profaned:
The symbolic significance of the event is a Church immersed in darkness, but illuminated by the world, by the new climatist-religion-ideology (all financed by the World Bank Group which will now have to explain to us what politics compatible with the teaching of the Church it is promoting..)
We are very, very grateful for you and this blog!
SAVE THE LITURGY, SAVE THE WORLD . . . Could be the name of your new blog.
Happy bloggiversary!
Fr Zuhlsdorf – I enjoy reading your blog because I have little doubt that you care about other people. I intend to keep you (and, to be completely honest, your beloved Nuns on the Bus) in my prayers as long as I am able.
Congratulations Father and God Bless You. Keep up the good (and important) work!
Wow that’s cool. Congrats. I wonder when I first posted.
Thank you Fr for those ten years which have certainly benefitted, educated and strengthened me and everyone to whom I also say “Fr Z says…”!
Congratulations, Fr. Z. I will always be thankful to God that I stumbled across your place probably in ’07 or so, during the protest of Obama’s visit to Notre Dame. I have learned more than I can say and have been to confession more regularly at your prompting. Thank you and I thank God for you.
Congratulations, and thank you, Fr. Z. I have probably learned more from your blog, (your posts as well as the addition of so many knowledgeable commenters) than I did in the previous many years of my Catholic life. I look forward to learning still more.
Alles alles gute aus Österreich, Herr Pfarrer!
The chronicles of a very important 10 years for our Catholic Church. From here where I sit in Los Angeles the Traditional mass has advanced a lot in these ten years. Mostly thanks to Pope Benedict XVI. But Father Z and Una Voce have also played their parts. Now America seems more like the Irish monasteries in the medieval Church, keeping thenrepository of what being Carholic means.
Congratulations, Father, and thanks!
Signed: Happy to be a Papist throwback Father Zed’s lockstep sheep!
This blog is the first thing I read every morning along with my cereal and Mystic Monk. I read it because while being traditional and orthodox, it also counsels to take a deep breath and not get too carried away as some of the traditional blogs do. A more balanced view which we need in these crazy times.
Happy Anniversary, Fr. Z! I love your beautiful photo of St. Peter’s. I’ve been to Rome but one time and that is how I remember St. Peter’s at night, so glorious and beautiful. It makes me want to weep when I think of what happened there yesterday, but your image helps me.
Thank you so much for your blog. I’ve learned so much from you and I really appreciate all that you do for us and your calm, reasonable approach to things.
God bless you!
I check the Father Z feed first thing each morning, then Charlie Johnstone, then Church Militant. I learn, I pray, I listen. I am so thankful for good and holy clergy like you Father.
I must say, I am so sadden by the light show display going on at St. Peters. Is there anything faithful Catholics can do to have it stopped?
Congratulations Fr. Z! Ten years for a blog is an accomplishment! I check the blog every day, and it is a source of consolation, information, and even comradery. I must admit I prefer the occasional nutty. In fact I would prefer it right now if Cardinals and Bishops were throwing significant nutty’s publicly and often! There seems to be cause!
But they aren’t, and apparently they aren’t going to.
Anyway, God bless you for all you do for the Kingdom, well done, and I will echo Scotthayward, Sto lat! Sto lat!
On 11 October, 2006, this (then faithful but lukewarm) Catholic looked at the Drudge Report and saw “Pope set to bring back Latin Mass that divided the Church”. My heart leaped and about as quickly I leaped on Google to see what I could find out about that news. That very day, I found WDTPRS, and began a journey deep into the love of my faith, thanks in large part to you, Father Z.
May God Bless you, and congratulations on ten years!
Congratulations, Father and Happy Anniversary. 45 million unique visits! Wow! I started my Ham Radio blog in April of 2005, and I’m maybe somewhere close to about 1/100th of that total. The number of visitors you get is testimony to all the hard work you put into this, and even though it’s a labor of love, your dedication and the quality shines through. Bravo!
Congratulations, Father Z! May God grant you decades more service to His flock.
Congrats, and thanks. PS: I am pretty sure that American Papist launched ten years ago, yesterday, too.
[Prayers for your son! I hope he is well.]
Congratulations Father! The 8th of December 2005 was the day on which I formerly returned to the Catholic Church.
ad multos, plurimosque annos, tu erudientissime vir!
Fr. Timothy Ferguson says: ad multos
And thanks to YOU, Reverend and Dear Father, for all your contributions over the years, not the least of which are the great parody songs.
congratulations Fr. Z!
I found this blog in June of 2008 and have read it nearly every day since then. You taught me what the Mass truly was and I am so greatful for that. Also, like others have said, your balanced, calm approach to things has helped me stay calm, especially in the last two ywars. Whenever I see some gasping headline about the Church or the Pope I always think “Well, let’s see what Fr. Z has to say about it.” If you ever hit the panick button, I would know that things are really that bad. As I’ve said to other priests that I know, please don’t stop. We would be lost without priests like you. Love and of course prayers from your native place,
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Thank you Fr. Z and Bravo Zulu.
Semper Gumby says: Bravo Zulu
Thanks! It helps to be always flexible.
Oorah!
Ad multos annos!
Happy anniversary, and thank you for taking the time to maintain this blog. Ever since I discovered your blog, this has been the first place I come when I need a faithfully Catholic explanation of what is being reported in the news, whether it’s a secular news story or one dealing with the Church. I also come to find explanations of Holy Days, liturgical texts, and other things relating to the Faith, as well as for the occasional pick-me-up / sanity fix. Thank you for doing all of this work, and for allowing us to comment on your posts, and to talk to one another through your blog. You and the others here are always in my prayers.
Happy anniversary!