John Todd Zuhlsdorf (born October 28, 1959) is an American Catholic priest, of the Diocese of Velletri-Segni, and currently living in the Diocese of Madison. He is also a Catholic Internet personality known as "Father Z". He currently works in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Life
Zuhlsdorf was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1959. As a young man he studied at the University of Minnesota. Formerly a Lutheran, He says his conversion to Catholicism was set into motion after hearing a piece of sacred polyphony on the radio. He felt called to serve as a priest and eventually was ordained a priest in Rome by Pope John Paul II on May 26, 1991.
Later, Zuhlsdorf became a weekly columnist for the Traditionalist newspaper The Wanderer, and has appeared on EWTN and the Fox News Channel. He is best known for his blog Fr. Z's Blog (previously named: What Does the Prayer Really Say?), in which he comments on Catholic tradition and current Church events, advocates for reverent celebration of both authorized forms of the Roman Rite liturgy of the Mass, the ordinary form and the extraordinary, and for the growth of the sacrament of Penance. "The Staggers", the blog of the British magazine New Statesman, listed Zuhlsdorf's site as one of the top ten Christian blogs in the world.
In September 2017, after Zuhlsdorf wrote a post titled "Should a seminary headline a homosexualist activist as a speaker?" about an upcoming talk at The Catholic University of America by Fr. James Martin, S.J., Martin became the subject of online criticism. Two days after the post was published, Catholic University withdrew Martin's invitation.
Zuhlsdorf works as president of the Tridentine Mass Society of Madison, Wisconsin.
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References
Further reading
Salai, Sean. "The Catholic Blogosphere: Q&A with Father John Zuhlsdorf". America (August 7, 2014).
External links
- Fr. Z's blog
Source of article : Wikipedia
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