Author Archives: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

About Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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

WDTPRS – 29th Ordinary Sunday (N.O.): It’s about the children.

At the “Walking Together about Walking Togetherity” (aka “W-T-F” – explained HERE) and in papal interviews there is increasing talk about blessing same-sex couples, which would effectively a betrayal of God who made man male and female.  God made us … Read More

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ROME 23/10 – Day 20: Emotional roller coaster day

Today when the sun rose at 07:26 … well… more on that later. It will set at 18:24. The Ave Maria bell won’t ring, though it should now at 18:30.  New cycle. In the Vetus it is the Feast of … Read More

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ROME 23/10 – Day 19: Mass, nap, write, sandwich, write more

Here in the Eternal City the Ave Maria bell should ring at 18:45 while the sun really ought to set at 18:25, though I wouldn’t mind if it would hang out longer.  Sunrise was sometime while I was in church … Read More

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When they say it is NOT about redistribution of power, it’s about redistribution of power.

LifeSite today looked at what the participants of “Walking Together about Walking Togetherity” are discussing and it fits with what I have written before. The true content of the “W-T” is the process itself. The aim is to make “W-T” a … Read More

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Sometimes you’ve just had enough of the stupid

Yup. Nice tackle. Holding? Nah. I hope her whole community is like this. Yup.

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Mala tempora currunt.

You remember the “Birettas for Seminarians” Project?   It’s dormant now, I think.  Dunno. That said, this came in today from a concerned cleric. Synodal [“Walking Together”] fuss brings to light the terrible problem of underdressed Vatican Monsignors. Please, let’s try … Read More

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Apart from the process itself during “Walking Together about Walking Togetherity” is something in particular being pushed?

The point of the “Walking Together about Walking Togetherity” is the process itself.  The process is the content, the message. That does not mean that there are not sidelines, some of them dominant. One of them is the normalization of … Read More

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ROME 23/10 – Day 18: little plates of little foods

Sunrise 07:23.  Sunset 18:27 Ave Maria 18:45 It is the 291st day of the year with 75 left to go. This is the Feast of St Luke. Welcome registrant: damez35 Out with friends last night who were heading home today.  … Read More

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EXPLICIT: Impose “synodality” (“walking togetherity”) and the other stuff will follow

This is from Catholic Vote. Everyone, I’ve been saying all along that whatever “Walking Together about Walking Togetherity” might produce in terms of texts or recommendations for some papal document, none of that makes a difference. The real content is … Read More

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ROME 23/10 – Day 17: #freejimmylai

The sun rose in Rome at 07:22.  It is a truly beautiful October day, classic.  The sun will set at 18:28.  The Ave Maria bells in better times would ring forth at 18:45. Welcome registrants: ThomasT20 Hoyt1940 Richard the Lionhearted … Read More

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