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About Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Fr. Z is the guy who runs this blog. o{]:¬)

UPDATE – 30 Jan Some new Christmas cards arrived! HERE

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29 Jan – Hearts and Vinegar – A sweet and sour taste of St. Francis de Sales in Benedict XVI’s ‘Spe salvi’

In the traditional Roman calendar, today is the Feast of St. Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor.   He was a great warrior for the Church in the face of the Protestant Revolt. According to the Louis de la Rivière in … Read More

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Dezinformatsiya is alive and well

Some years ago I read a stunning, alarming, enlightening book: Disinformation: Former Spy Chief Reveals Secret Strategies for Undermining Freedom, Attacking Religion, and Promoting Terrorism by Ronald Rychlak and Lt. Gen. Ion Mihai Pacepa. Rychlak wrote books about the smearing of … Read More

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Today’s Wordle: 5 Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links.  US HERE – WHY?  This helps to pay for health insurance (massively hiked for this new year of surprises), utilities, groceries, etc..  At no extra cost, you provide … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 1537

Interior of San Nicola in Carcere, in which Card. Burke is celebrant and I am the deacon… fitting, since I was ordained a deacon in this church. Meanwhile… Assim era a caligrafia de São Tomás de Aquino pic.twitter.com/4LZjHLFwo2 — Abrace … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 1536

I was ordained a deacon in this church. Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links.  US HERE – WHY?  This helps to pay for health insurance (massively hiked for this new year of surprises), utilities, groceries, etc..  At … Read More

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Fr. McTeigue: Lots of listening. Who is teaching?

Fr. McTeigue is concerned that listening is replacing preaching.   Listening has its place in the life of the Church, but when listening becomes the ultimate principle, one must ask: who, then, is teaching? A friend recently his attention to a … Read More

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More commentary on The Roche Report

At Crisis Magazine my good friend Msgr. Hans Feichtinger, who was a theologian for the CDF during the Ratzinger years, examined The Roche Report. Liturgical Terrorism At its core, liturgical tensions point to deeper issues in theology, the transmission of tradition, … Read More

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Was St. Nicholas the mixed martial arts coach of St. John Chrysostom?

Today in the calendar of both the Novus Ordo and the Usus Antiquior it is the feast of St. John Chrysostom (+407). Benedict XVI wrote a splendid little Apostolic Letter about St. John Chrysostom for 1600th anniversary of the death … Read More

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St. John Chrysostom: On giving the Eucharist to UNWORTHY PUBLIC FIGURES

St. John Chrysostom could be nicknamed the “Patron Saint Of Telling It Like It Is”. Chrysostom (+407), known as the “golden-mouthed” for the excellence of his preaching, was Bishop of Constantinople.  Trained in Antioch, he expounded Scripture in its literal … Read More

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