# hard-identity catholicism (podcasts) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover hard-identity catholicism. Page: Feed: --- ## [PODCAST – Voices of the Fathers 03 – Should Christians Go To The Public Games?](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/podcazt-188-voices-of-the-fathers-03-should-christians-go-to-the-public-games/) _2026-08-26 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ 26 August 2026 – What I’m trying to do is described HERE (hint: rebuilding) Originally Published on: Feb 4, 2026 I was recently going through some old books and found a slim volume entitled The Osterley Selection from the Latin Fathers, … Read More → ## [Daily Rome Shot 1689: Oaf For A Year!](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/daily-rome-shot-1689-oaf-for-a-year/) _2026-08-26 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ I’m now getting involved with Substack, which I don’t understand very well. I’ll cross post for awhile. First post HERE Back in the day…. At an antique store over the weekend, I was startled to pick up a 1927 edition … Read More → ## [Daily Rome Shot 1688: Let’s use the word for these people… evil](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/daily-rome-shot-1688-lets-use-the-word-for-these-people-evil/) _2026-08-25 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links. US HERE – WHY? This helps to pay for health insurance, utilities, groceries, and now also my late mother’s place. At no extra cost, you provide help for which I am … Read More → ## [PODCAST – Voices of the Fathers 02 – The Martyrdom of St. Cyprian](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/podcazt-187-voices-of-the-fathers-02-the-martyrdom-of-st-cyprian/) _2026-08-25 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ 25 August 2026 – What I’m trying to do is described HERE (hint: rebuilding) Originally Published on: Jan 19, 2026 I was recently going through some old books and found a slim volume entitled The Osterley Selection from the Latin Fathers, … Read More → ## [“These, Reverend Father, are no mere words, nor lifeless thoughts, but they are arrows shot from the strong bow of God Himself…”.](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/these-reverend-father-are-no-mere-words-nor-lifeless-thoughts-but-they-are-arrows-shot-from-the-strong-bow-of-god-himself/) _2026-08-25 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ From a letter of St. John of Avila to a priest about due preparation for saying Mass: For this purpose, I know of nothing better than to meditate on the fact that our Lord, with Whom we are to treat, … Read More → ## [PODCAzT – Voices of the Fathers 01 – The Scillitan Martyrs](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/podcazt-186-voices-of-the-fathers-01-the-scillitan-martyrs/) _2026-08-25 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ NOTA BENE: I’m in a process of rebuilding. All my podcasts… gone… from 2007 onward. I have the original recordings, or most of them. But all the links, embeds are dead. I’ve had some notes from you readers that you … Read More → ## [Daily Rome Shot 1687: Space jellyfish alert!](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/daily-rome-shot-1687-space-jellyfish-alert/) _2026-08-24 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links. US HERE – WHY? This helps to pay for health insurance, utilities, groceries, and now also my late mother’s place. At no extra cost, you provide help for which I am … Read More → ## [Rediscovering Listening and Service: Toward a Definition of “Synodality” (aka “walking together”)](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/rediscovering-listening-and-service-toward-a-definition-of-synodality-aka-walking-together/) _2026-08-24 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ For a while now, a growing number of smart people have been asking for a definition of “synodality” (aka “walking together”), which is a complete innovation and seems to be an endless process whereby predetermined outcomes are managed and attained… … Read More → ## [ASK FATHER: “I have been looking for a retirement community close by a stable TLM. Do you have any clues on that?” Fr. Z asks help from the readership.](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/ask-father-i-have-been-looking-for-a-retirement-community-close-by-a-stable-tlm-do-you-have-any-clues-on-that-fr-z-asks-help-from-the-readership/) _2026-08-23 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ I need to open this one up to the readership. From a reader… QUAERITUR: Thank you for all the instructions, rants, and articles. Out here in the trenches, it is becoming untenable. My health has been in recovery mode all … Read More → ## [Fathers! Pay attention. Video of an attack on the Eucharist during Communion at Sunday Mass. Nasty and planned.](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/fathers-pay-attention-video-of-an-attack-on-the-eucharist-during-communion-at-sunday-mass-nasty-and-planned/) _2026-08-23 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ Redemptionis Sacramentum, the 2004 Instruction from the Congregation for Divine Worship (in happier times)… \[92.\] Although each of the faithful always has the right to receive Holy Communion on the tongue, at his choice, if any communicant should wish to receive … Read More → ## [Web Coding With AI, Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/rlrgnq3OsNa3) _2026-08-23 · **Sponsored**_ Collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control, open source. ## [A work in progress…](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/a-work-in-progress/) _2026-08-22 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ The increasingly valuable Infovaticana has a piece by Martin Grichting (Swiss canonist of the Diocese of Chur) argues that Vatican synodality is anachronistic because it draws laypeople into ecclesiastical structures rather than sending them into civil society. Vatican II envisioned … Read More → ## [22 August: Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Vetus Ordo), Queenship of Mary (Novus Ordo)](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/22-august-feast-of-the-immaculate-heart-of-mary-vetus-ordo-queenship-of-mary-novus-ordo/) _2026-08-22 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ On 22 August we observe, in the traditional Roman calendar, the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In the newer calendar it is the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary. When the angel Gabriel came to Mary he told … Read More → ## [Daily Rome Shot 1685 – items wonderful and appalling](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/daily-rome-shot-1685-items-wonderful-and-appalling/) _2026-08-21 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links. US HERE – WHY? This helps to pay for health insurance, utilities, groceries, and now also my late mother’s place. At no extra cost, you provide help for which I am … Read More → ## [20 August – St. Bernard of Clairvaux the “Doctor Mellifluus”](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/20-august-st-bernard-of-clairvaux-the-doctor-mellifluus/) _2026-08-20 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ A taste of the image and the fervorino from today’s live Mass stream. Today is the Feast of St. Bernard of Clairvaux. He is a Doctor of the Church, nicknamed “Doctor Mellifluus” because of “sweet flowing” of his tongue and … Read More → ## [“They can always hurt you more.”](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/they-can-always-hurt-you-more/) _2026-08-20 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ I was looking around on the blog for things I had written about Doctor of the Church St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Today is his feast. I found something I wrote in 2022 about the FACT that… “They can always hurt … Read More → ## [Daily Rome Shot 1684](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/daily-rome-shot-1684/) _2026-08-20 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ Zelle donor “KB” on 15 Aug… thanks. I don’t have an email for you, so I can’t write a thank you note. Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links. US HERE – WHY? This helps to pay for … Read More → ## [REMINDER – 19 August – St. John Eudes on BAD PRIESTS: “a most evident mark of God’s anger and the most terrible castigation He can inflict upon the world”](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/reminder-19-august-st-john-eudes-on-bad-priests-a-most-evident-mark-of-gods-anger-and-the-most-terrible-castigation-he-can-inflict-upon-the-world/) _2026-08-19 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ Today is the Feast of St. John Eudes, a great saint of the 17th c. A great missionary. He was a promoter of devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and spiritual writer. Canonized in 1920’s, he has a gigantic … Read More → ## [Vatican official “fed” Pachamama during ritual while in Peru](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/vatican-official-fed-pachamama-during-ritual-while-in-peru/) _2026-08-18 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ Infovaticana reports that an official of the DDF – while in Peru in advance of Leo XIV’s upcoming visit – actively participated in a pagan ceremony, a rite of invocation to Mother Earth with distribution of coca leaves, breathing exercises, … Read More → ## [ASK FATHER: During Covid, the Bishop anointed my niece by means of a Q-tip. Valid?](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/ask-father-during-covid-the-bishop-anointed-my-niece-by-means-of-a-q-tip-valid/) _2026-08-18 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ From a reader… QUAERITUR: During Covid, the Bishop annointed my neice by means of a Q-tip. Valid? Yes. The Congregation for Divine Worship in a response to the USCCB saying that it is valid. HERE “The use by the minister … Read More → ## [Tickets to attend the Beatification of Archbp. Fulton Sheen in St. Louis, 24 Sept](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/tickets-to-attend-the-beatification-of-archbp-fulton-sheen-in-st-louis-24-sept-and/) _2026-08-18 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ Tickets are available and can be purchased here: https://www.celebratesheen.com/ Regular tickets are processed through Ticketmaster. Scroll down for the special registration for Clergy, Religious, and Seminarians. ## [Stop CI/CD & Supply-Chain Attacks (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/9hB5iOLzG3Gn) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Per-PR: 17 CI/CD checks and package malware scans with inline Check Run findings. ## [REVIEW: Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick – “in danger of death”](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/review-sacrament-of-anointing-of-the-sick-in-danger-of-death/) _2026-08-17 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ In the past week, the topic of the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick (aka Extreme Unction) has come across my screen or conversation. A review is in order. The effects of the Sacrament of Anointing or Anointing of the … Read More → ## [Insult to the Mother of God in Spain (video). But remember! The TLM is the problem!](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/insult-to-the-mother-of-god-in-spain-video-but-remember-the-tlm-is-the-problem/) _2026-08-17 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ A priest friend has a pithy label for this sort of thing: “gay and retarded”. Harsh? Sure. Accurate? You decide. Infovaticana – ever more valuable – has, with video, a Mass celebrated in Spain on the Feast of the Assumption. … Read More → ## [This is spot on… awful but spot on.](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/this-is-spot-on-awful-but-spot-on/) _2026-08-17 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ The slogan on this image from the “walking together” office – CTU on the Tiber – says a great deal about the purpose of the perpetual process. I know it’s hard, but just look at that image for a few … Read More → ## [VINTAGE RECTORY BATHROOM TILES: 06](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/vintage-rectory-bathroom-tiles-06/) _2026-08-16 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ We continue our series of vintage rectory bathroom tiles with a contribution by a reader. Dear Father, I was glad to see this series revisited. I’ve been fortunate to live in some beautiful old rectories, with some fantastic old tile … Read More → ## [Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 12th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 20th Ordinary)](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/your-sunday-sermon-notes-12th-sunday-after-pentecost-n-o-20th-ordinary/) _2026-08-16 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ My Mass intention today was for my benefactors, those of you who donate regularly, ad hoc, or send things. Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. Was there a … Read More → ## [Daily Rome Shot 1683](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/daily-rome-shot-1683/) _2026-08-16 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ My Mass intention today was for my benefactors, those of you who donate regularly, ad hoc, or send things. pic.twitter.com/RnpPej71f3 — Eric Alper ? (@ThatEricAlper) August 15, 2026 And… pic.twitter.com/796stPx5tt — Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken (@woofknight) August … Read More → ## [WDTPRS – 20th Ordinary Sunday (Novus Ordo): snatched up into invisible love](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/wdtprs-20th-ordinary-sunday-novus-ordo-snatched-up-into-invisible-love/) _2026-08-15 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ The Collect for the 20th Ordinary Sunday, found also in the 8th century Gelasian Sacramentary, is in the 1962 Missale Romanum for the 5th Sunday after Pentecost. Deus, qui diligentibus te bona invisibilia praeparasti, infunde cordibus nostris tui amoris affectum, … Read More → ## [Daily Rome Shot 1682](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/daily-rome-shot-1682/) _2026-08-15 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ Welcome registrant: tish95678 Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links. US HERE – WHY? This helps to pay for health insurance, utilities, groceries, and now also my late mother’s place. At no extra cost, you provide help … Read More → ## [QUAERITUR: Have we brought Jesus Christ closer to the people entrusted to us?](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/quaeritur-have-we-brought-jesus-christ-closer-to-the-people-entrusted-to-us/) _2026-08-15 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ The role of the Church and of churchmen is to bring clarity, not ambiguity, calm not a “mess”, understanding not confusion. If what we are experiencing is, in the balance, ambiguity, a “mess” and confusion, then something has gone seriously … Read More → ## [Patristic Rosary Project – 4th Glorious Mystery: The Assumption](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/patristic-rosary-project-4th-glorious-mystery-the-assumption-2/) _2026-08-15 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ Some years ago, I made something called the Patristic Rosary Project, reflecting on the mysteries of the Holy Rosary especially with quotes from the Fathers of the Church. Here is the entry for today’s beautiful feast: 4th Glorious Mystery: The … Read More → ## [Hire AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Grck7bkXh0OD) _2026-08-15 · **Sponsored**_ Browse public gigs, message candidates, and run video interviews — free to start. ## [Daily Rome Shot 1681 – cartoons old and less old](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/daily-rome-shot-1681-cartoons-old-and-less-old/) _2026-08-14 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links. US HERE – WHY? This helps to pay for health insurance, utilities, groceries, and now also my late mother’s place. At no extra cost, you provide help for which I am … Read More → ## [15 August – Assumption – Blessing of herbs, flowers and fruit](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/15-august-assumption-blessing-of-herbs-flowers-and-fruit-2/) _2026-08-14 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ It’s the Vigil of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin. On 15 August, Feast of the Assumption, in the traditional Rituale Romanum there is a prayer for the blessing of herbs, flowers and fruits. HERE These occasional blessings, attached to feasts, help … Read More → ## [This reminds me of something.](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/this-reminds-me-of-something/) _2026-08-14 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ This reminds me of something. What is it? I really miss Calvin and Hobbes, don’t you? What is it….? Ah… right. Synodality? Everything from Germany? The Vatican-China Deal? Soooo many possibilities. ## [Some good news in Canada](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/some-good-news-in-canada/) _2026-08-14 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ We need some good news. In Canada, the Archbishop of Moncton, Guy Desrochers, C.Ss.R., has welcomed the IBP (Institut du Bon Pasteur (IBP), a society of apostolic life of pontifical right established in 2006 under Pope Benedict XVI, with exclusive … Read More → ## [A message from Card. Burke to readers of Fr. Z’s Blog – August 2026](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/a-message-from-card-burke-to-readers-of-fr-zs-blog-august-2026/) _2026-08-13 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ On 6 August 2026 Card. Burke graciously recorded this video message for my readers during the annual Speculum Iustitiae conference held at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe near La Crosse, WI. ## [Daily Rome Shot 1680](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/daily-rome-shot-1680/) _2026-08-13 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ Welcome Registrant: td1235 Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links. US HERE – WHY? This helps to pay for health insurance, utilities, groceries, and now also my late mother’s place. At no extra cost, you provide help for … Read More → ## [The Big Lie of Mr. Cricket](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/the-big-lie-of-mr-cricket/) _2026-08-12 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ Mr. Cricket (aka Andrea Grillo) has embraced the theory of The Big Lie. The “große Lüge” was coined by a certain 20th Austrian dictator and wielded by his propaganda minister. The idea is that when one lies, one should lie … Read More → ## [My View For Awhile: The City of Big Shoulders](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/my-view-for-awhile-the-city-of-big-shoulders/) _2026-08-12 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ I’m getting a little ahead of myself, since I don’t head for the airport until later. Hence, I may as well provide a little retrospective on yesterday. We went downtown for some time at the club. Chicago is a great … Read More → ## [A strong recommendation from Fr. Z](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/a-strong-recommendation-from-fr-z/) _2026-08-12 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ Dear readers, I warmly recommend the content of the blog of Fr. Ermatinger from “soup to nuts”. He has amazing talks, great sermons, and salutary messages. Just Go! HERE (PS: Right now he is talking about angelology. ## [“Oaf For A Day!”](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/oaf-for-a-day/) _2026-08-11 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ It might be time to revive the old label “Oaf For A Day!” It hasn’t been used for a while. The increasingly useful Ad Vaticanum has it. Latest: Bishop Peter Kohlgraf of Mainz has criticised the Vatican’s June 17th Ruling … Read More → ## [Daily Rome Shot 1679](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/daily-rome-shot-1679/) _2026-08-11 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ Welcome Registrant: Catherine Larker I can’t not post this: Among all the clips that have gone around on X, this one remains a favorite that simply refuses to get old ? pic.twitter.com/oREg2PDEKd — Enezator (@Enezator) August 10, 2026 White to … Read More → ## [This has me concerned because personnel is policy.](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/this-has-me-concerned-because-personnel-is-policy/) _2026-08-10 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ This has me concerned. Now we read this. SCANDAL: Pope Leo appoints pro-female ordination and pro-LGBT consultors to the Vatican’s religious life dicastery. Appointees include Sister Patricia Murray, who has pushed women’s priesthood and addressed the “pain” and “woundedness” of … Read More → ## [Daily Rome Shot 1678 – scorn](https://wdtprs.com/2026/08/daily-rome-shot-1678-scorn/) _2026-08-10 · Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · Fr. Z's Blog_ Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links. US HERE – WHY? This helps to pay for health insurance, utilities, groceries, and now also my late mother’s place. At no extra cost, you provide help for which I am … Read More →