Author Archives: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

About Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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

31 December 2022 – Pope Benedict XVI – RIP

Papa Ratzinger died on 31 December 2022. I was privileged to have known him well before his election. His loss is a personal loss. Apart from his contributions as a priest, prefect and theologian, two of his accomplishments as Pope … Read More

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FATHERS! ACTION ITEM! Plenary Indulgences available on 31 December (Te Deum) and 1 January (Veni Creator Spiritus)

Holy Mother Church offers the possibility to gain two plenary indulgences, one on 31 December to thank God for the graces received during the year and one on 1 January to invoke the Holy Spirit at the beginning of the … Read More

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CHRISTMASCAzT 2025 – 31 – 6th Day in the Octave – Astonishment

A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for the Octave of Christmas. Bossuet to Troadec.. he shoots…. he SCORES. Exuperantius! yesterday’s podcast HERE.  

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Daily Rome Shot 1515

Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links.  US HERE – WHY?  This helps to pay for health insurance, utilities, groceries, etc..  At no extra cost, you provide help for which I am grateful. White to move and mate … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 1514

Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links.  US HERE – WHY?  This helps to pay for health insurance, utilities, groceries, etc..  At no extra cost, you provide help for which I am grateful. TODAY’S WORDLE: 4 Magnus Carlson … Read More

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St. David: Musical Poet King, Prophet, Progenitor of Christ

Holy Church considers many Old Testament figures to be saints. Today when you open your trusty copy of the 2005 Martyrologium Romanum you will find, just below the St. Thomas Becket, this interesting entry: 2. Commemoratio sancti David, regis et … Read More

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CHRISTMASCAzT 2025 – 30 – St. Thomas Becket – Wherein Fr. Z rants

A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for the Octave of Christmas. I rant for a while about St. Thomas of Canterbury, and Church and State and … shepherds. Yesterday’s podcast HERE.

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It’s time to stop being “inappropriate”!

The hits just keep rolling in. Get this. An “expert” (I know people who know him) has clarified for us what the DDF doctrinal note about titles of the Blessed Virgin Mary mean. CNA has it.  My emphases and comments. … Read More

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28 Dec – Holy Innocents – Childermas: “They were the Church’s first blossoms”

Thursday was Christmas. Today, along with it being the Sunday in the Octave, it is Childermas, the Feast of the Holy Innocents. The “Coventry Carol”, a lullaby of mothers to doomed children, dates to the 16th century. It was part of a Mystery … Read More

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CHRISTMASCAzT 2025 – 29 – Six Thrones

A series of 5 minute daily podcasts for the Octave of Christmas. Pius Parsch talks about the six throne of Jesus. Dom Prosper Guéranger on the wonder of adoption. At the end, a taste of the heartrending Coventry Carol in … Read More

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