Author Archives: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

About Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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

Roche Clips 01: “It’s not uncommon for newly-ordained priests coming out of seminaries in the Western world to almost immediately start celebrating the Tridentine Mass.”

RU-486 (aka The Bitter Pill aka The Tablet) has an piece by – what could go wrong with this? – a papalatrous ensign of the New catholic Red Guards (aka Lambchop – biretta tip Eccles  o{]:¬) ) sort of with … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 427, etc.

Daily Fervorino. HERE WORDLE English – nasty today. Latin – a little luck.

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Daily Rome Shot 426, etc.

Daily Fervorino HERE (tech problems today). WORDLE

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YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS

PLEASE use the sharing buttons! Thanks! Registered here or not, will you in your charity 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 … Read More

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More fresh hell from Chicago

Sometimes, when I get a text, I have shivery feeling that it will be more bad news. “What fresh hell is this?”, I quote to myself. “Sheesh, Fr. Z, try to catch up!”, some of you are chuckling. Sometimes, I … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 425, etc.

Daily Fervorino from live Mass HERE WORDLE 11 Latin… happened to be one of my guess words. That calls for some….

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REMINDER: Super new book from Anthony Esolen: An Annotated Reading of the Prologue of John

I’m reposting this because… wow.  What a book. This book just keep rewarding and rewarding. In the Beginning Was the Word: An Annotated Reading of the Prologue of John US HERE – UK When Anthony Esolen and Angelico Press team … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 424, etc., and a memory

I shot this photo on the Feast of the Cathedra of Peter in 2006 from my window. Today’s Fervorino from daily Mass. HERE WORDLE 10

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Daily Rome Shot 422, etc., and an homage to a great priest

I learned that my friend, the amazing Luigi Card. De Magistris died recently, days short of his 96th birthday.  He was a legend. My office window in the Palazzo del Sant’Uffizio was open to the interior courtyard of the building.  … Read More

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At Crisis…. Screwtape to Wormwood on “A Certain Diocese”

At Crisis, the piece in question begins thusly.   My emphases… My dear Wormwood, I want to applaud you with regard to the work you have undertaken in one of the Enemy’s foremost dioceses in the Americas. For far too long, … Read More

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