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John Zuhlsdorf
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John Zuhlsdorf writes Fr. Z's Blog, a personal blog at wdtprs.com about culture and philosophy. Since 2014, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (6) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link John Zuhlsdorf's blog for posts on Catholic liturgy, including a daily Rome liturgy diary and a tribute to Fr. Reginald Foster. The comments link it without judging the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 6 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Clear, straight commentary on Catholic issues, liturgy and life by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, including What Does The Prayer Really Say? on the prayers of the Mass.
What Hacker News says?
I suppose they do/did, but quite an unfamiliar practice out here in Phoenix. Rome today: https://wdtprs.com/2024/04/rome-24-3-day-13-14-easter-tuesda... Any public liturgy around here is fixed to civil time so that normal laypeople can join.
Comment linking /2024/04/rome-24-3-day-13-14-easter-tuesday-and-wednesday-quaeritur-the-ave-maria-bell-explained-even-too-much/
on “How fast the days are getting longer (2023)”> Pope names form a fairly limited set. Does it? For starters consider that "Francis" was a new name - he's the first pope to use it. He was also the first pope in a millennium to pick an entirely new name (John Paul I obviously was the first pope John Paul, but he picked two names that has a very long tradition, and that are obviously names with a very special connection to the church; consider also that some disli…
Comment linking /blog/2013/02/poll-what-name-will-the-next-pope-choose/
on “What Happened When We Tried to Publish a Real Paper Investigating Time Travel”A former student recounts some good memories on his blog: https://wdtprs.com/2020/12/r-i-p-fr-reginald-foster-ocd/ ...comments have some good ones as well.
Comment linking /2020/12/r-i-p-fr-reginald-foster-ocd/
on “Father Reginald Foster has died”(More liberal) catholic speaking here, I think it's because those theories are outside of the bounds of catholicism and have little to do with the visions and Fatima. I'd say 'extra-catholic conspiracy' instead of 'intra-catholic conspiracy and intrigue' So if you are an orthodox (in the sense of traditional) catholic you can acknowledge that pope Francis is a legitimate pope, but you can have legitimate criticism (…
Comment linking /2020/01/113187
on “The conspiracy theories swirling around Pope consecration of Ukraine and Russia”The Catholic Church has really taken the lead on this for a long, long time now. In the 16th Century, while the Protestant Reformation raged in Europe, the Council of Trent was held to address this, and the Mass was being reformed into what we know today as the Tridentine Mass. Great changes were afoot, and saints were being made every day. Pope St. Pius V issued a document called De defectibus , and this document w…
Comment linking /2008/02/scholion-consecration-of-a-paten-and-chalice/
on “A fruit fly has landed in your wine – is it OK to drink?”For one thing, that’s the case price, not the price per bottle. And that’s not really a sound analogy, as Cribari isn’t the only sacramental vintner, nor is Ziegler’s the only supplier of said wine. And there are general canonical provisions (varying by diocese, of course) for using wine that isn’t approved as sacramental; it just saves a few headaches (and, obviously, concerns about validity) to go ahead and procur…
Comment linking /2013/04/quaeritur-is-sherry-valid-matter-for-the-consecration-during-mass/
on “KC archbishop clarifies wine validity norms”