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Author Archives: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
Daily Rome Shot 744 – The day of days
Welcome new registrant: MAK At the Piazza Navona there is a store that has many chess sets for sale. For example, various crusaders going at each other. Right Click for larger. I don’t enjoy playing with fancy pieces. I like … Read More
A “walking together” opportunity for Australian Catholics! ACTION ITEM!
There’s going to be a webinar on Synodality (“walking together-ity”). SYNOD ON SYNODALITY – A NEW KIND OF CHURCH Australasian Catholics Coalition for Church Reform (ACCCR), Yarra Theological Union (YTU, and Garratt Publishing are pleased to present the Synod on … Read More
BELATED ANNIVERSARY! 2nd year of “Traditionis custodes”.
It occurs to me that we missed celebrating the 2nd anniversary of the stupidly unnecessary, falsely grounded and wickedly cruel attack on the people who desire the Traditional Latin Mass via the document Taurina cacata… er… um… Traditionis custodes. In … Read More
VINTAGE RECTORY BATHROOM TILES: 02
Yeah… I think I’ve seen this theme in other rectories. Thanks, Father, for sending it in for the edification of all. Father’s note: My rectory guest bathroom. When They decided to go with this tile it reminds me of Dickens. … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 743 – The day before the day!
Instead of a still photo, the video in this tweet is a great example of concelebration Vatican II style. In fact, the video, which I had seen before, was taken during Vatican II. Various bishops and priests all saying Masses … Read More
“The clerics’ starting gun … Itinerarium Clericorum” read in Latin, an mp3 audio file available for priests.
I just concluded a driving road trip that chalked up over 3400 miles. There were a few perilous moments and one or two that were, frankly, frightening. One involved a human who shouldn’t be allowed to drive and the other … Read More
VINTAGE RECTORY BATHROOM TILES: 01
Yesterday I wrote, only half-facetiously, about my road trip… Along the way I wish I had been taking photos of bathroom tiles in old rectories. Some of them have their fixtures from the 40’s and 50’s, which means also great … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 742
It’s not Rome, but rather in Norcia where there are traditional Benedictines who make excellent beer. It is the birthplace of St. Benedict. There was a terrible earthquake there a few years ago and the basilica was badly damaged. Work … Read More
From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 23-07-13 – Pizza or tacos
Editor’s Note: After a longish road trip, I’ve been able to give more time to email. Several more entries have come in. I’ll post as I am able to transcribe, decipher and edit the stuff that can’t be posted. July … Read More
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ROME 26/10-11 – Day 33: All Souls: “Bruised: appliances tied to the Internet I recall something I read a few years ago, that someone hacked a guy’s…”
