Category Archives: My View

My View For Awhile: Heading Home Edition

Posted on 11 May 2017 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Now that I’m over my jet lag it’s time to head westward. We are almost finished boarding and two seats are open by me. It’s going to be a long one this time, longer than usual. There must be fierce … Read More →

Posted in On the road, What Fr. Z is up to | Tagged travel
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Rome – Day 6: Guts and Glory!

Posted on 10 May 2017 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Wow, what a couple days. Today we went to the amazing, and super amazing Pizzarium, which has the most amazingest of all amazing pizza. Wow. This one has tripe. What’s wrong with this picture in S. Maria della Vittoria? There’s … Read More →

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Rome – Day 5: Food and Fabric

Posted on 9 May 2017 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I really enjoy the simple meals that I assemble from walking through the markets and by the shops. Pizza bianca, tuna, tomato, lettuce. It is hard to find better. I’ve been going to the same green vendor in the Campo … Read More →

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Rome – Day 4: Caprese, Carbonara and Consecration

Posted on 7 May 2017 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

It has been a quiet Sunday in the Eternal City, with perfect weather. This is exactly what you expect of Rome right now. ikeunchtime… which glass is mine? This entire Caprese is mine. Each strand of this is mine, also. … Read More →

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Rome – Day 3: Beheadings and Swearings

Posted on 7 May 2017 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

It was a full day yesterday. After Mass yesterday we broke the fast and then headed off the the Palazzo Braschi for the Artemesia exhibit. Artemesia Gentileschi was the daughter of Orazio Gentileschi and a fine painter in her own right, … Read More →

Posted in On the road, What Fr. Z is up to | Tagged armor, Artemesia, Judith, Rome, Swiss Guard
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Rome – Day 2: Baccala and brocade

Posted on 5 May 2017 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Yesterday I mentioned the set of vestments we are having made for the Pontifical Masses. I received the following few photos before the fabric was cut and sent for sewing. The photos are not great, but they give a sense of … Read More →

Posted in On the road, What Fr. Z is up to | Tagged Gammarelli
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Rome – Day 1: Jet Lag Edition

Posted on 4 May 2017 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

We hit the ground running, as one must do in Rome… first: stay awake… eat… get sun… stay awake. This is a good way to do it. Later, I said Mass at Ss. Trinita. They are having a novena to … Read More →

Posted in On the road | Tagged Rome
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Bad priesthood vocations numbers? Not by accident. Wherein Fr. Z rants.

Posted on 3 May 2017 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I posted this last year, to the day. Any additional thoughts? ___ Originally Published on: May 3, 2016 ___ And yet, do other parishes and dioceses and religious groups change what they are doing? Not much. It is if they really … Read More →

Posted in Hard-Identity Catholicism, POLLS, Priests and Priesthood, Seminarians and Seminaries, Wherein Fr. Z Rants | Tagged altar boys, lack of vocations, Priests, vocations
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YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS

Posted on 25 April 2017 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! Registered 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. I get many requests by … Read More →

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Are you anxious, upset, confused about the Church today? Wherein Fr. Z rants.

Posted on 24 April 2017 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In this time of confusion over doctrine and praxis, many people ask me in email what they can do either to maintain equilibrium, or else to “be the maquis”, as it were, and join the resistance against the liberal undermining of … Read More →