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Author Archives: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
When Card. Tagle sang “Imagine”
I don’t think this is AI: Cardinal Tagle sings “Imagine” aka “Why I Should Never Be Elected Pope.” https://t.co/nCKUhVVr7y — Father V (@father_rmv) April 24, 2025 Lyrics Imagine there’s no heaven It’s easy if you try No hell below us … Read More
Is this really shabby or is it my imagination?
Devious. Underhanded. Treacherous. Just a few adjectives that spring to mind. Right? Wrong? Today the German Bishops’ Conference released pastoral guidelines on imparting quasi-liturgical blessings to gay couples. It’s as if they were just waiting for the right moment, when … Read More
Internet jury rigged… for awhile… but food photos and a rant
As I write, I have returned home from supper with a priest who just arrived in Rome for the canonization of Carlo Acutis… which has been cancelled. Other things are going on. Returning home I find no internet. I’m using … Read More
ROME 25/4– Day 15: Easter Wednesday
Over Rome at 06:15 the sun emerged and it will remerge (?) submerge at 20:02. The Ave Maria Bell ought to ring for the Curia at 2-:15 (but it won’t). It’s the feast of St. George and St. Adalbert. It … Read More
PASCHALCAzT 2025 – 50: Easter Wednesday – Wherein (also) Fr. Z rants
The Roman Station today is St. Lawrence outside-the-walls. We started Septuagesima here! Scott Hahn drives home how liturgy, our worship, our participation in the Church’s liturgy affects the course of history. Sound familiar? I have a few thoughts about that. … Read More
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“Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL
The Sede Vacante period isn’t just a time of dour mourning and anxious worry about what sort of Pope we are going to get next. There is a lighter aspect. What regnal name with the next Pope take? When a … Read More
Francis and the post-mortem smear job
Back in the day of earlier cinema, to create a special glowing effect, for example to pretty-up an actress, vaseline or some other substance was smeared on the lens or on a piece of glass in front of the lens. … Read More
ROME 25/4– Day 14: Easter Tuesday
Up came the sun at 06:17. Down goeth the sun at 20:01. The Ave Maria is in the 20:15 cycle for the Curia, which is in the state of Sede Vacante, so business has slowed down. Or it should have. … Read More
The Whatever High Atop The Thing has rushed to the General Congregations BEFORE Cardinals can arrive. What’s the hurry?
What’s the massive hurry? This rush feels to me like an attempt to organize a voting block before the far flung cardinals arrive. We can ask: To whose advantage/disadvantage is it to hurry the process and thereby deny some of … Read More
PASCHALCAzT 2025 – 49: Easter Tuesday – Worshiping with our whole being
Roman Station: St. Paul’s outside-the-walls Scott Hahn reflects on the Heavenly liturgy as related in the Book of Revelation and how it teaches us to worship. We also hear what my home parish sounded like on Easter Sunday and why … Read More
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