Author Archives: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

About Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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

What could possibly go wrong?

The Vatican’s doctrine chief has said he hopes to “find a fruitful path of dialogue” when he meets the head of the SSPX next week, amid tensions over plans to consecrate new SSPX bishops.https://t.co/qfoAox3sN8 — The Pillar (@PillarCatholic) February 4, … Read More

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3 February: St. Blaise Day and the special blessings of candles and of throats

Today is the Feast of St. Blaise, about whom we know very little.   We have only this very brief entry in the Martyrologium Romanum:   Sancti Blasii, episcopi et martyris, qui pro christiano nomine Sabaste in Armenia passus est … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 1543

Welcome Registrant: MCtheMC I don’t watch the Super Bowl… so I might have missed this: Sensacional isso aqui: um comercial do SuperBowl recriou Jurassic Park com um plot twist Com o sistema funcionando, o parque não teria virado caos e … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 1542

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 help for which … Read More

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SSPX intent to consecrate bishops on 1 July – UPDATED

Everyone knows this by now, but I pretty much have to post. The leadership of the SSPX announced their plans to consecrate bishops on 1 July. They said that their superior had sought an audience with Pope Leo last August.  … Read More

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Have you been following at all the truly strange A.I. Agent development?

Have you been following at all the truly strange A.I. development? It has to do with “AI Agents”. An AI agent is a software system that can perceive its environment, make decisions, and take actions autonomously in order to achieve … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 1541 – It is the way

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 help for which … Read More

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YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS

PLEASE use the sharing buttons! Thanks! In your charity would you please take a moment look at the requests and to pray for the people about whom you read? Continued from THESE. Let’s remember all who are ill, who will … Read More

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WDTPRS: Septuagesima Sunday

The Collect of the Mass for Septuagesima Sunday is bracing.  It has a different feel than many of our Sunday orations.  Bl. Ildefonso Schuster observes, that this prayer “betrays the deep affliction which weighed on the soul of St. Gregory … Read More

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Sunday “in the seventieth” – Septuagesima

We have already come to Septuagesima Sunday, so early this year thanks to the vagaries of the Moon. Pre-Lent is here.   With the traditional calendar of the Roman Rite, in the Vetus Ordo, you cannot be surprised by Lent sneaking … Read More

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