“Some 2 bit novus ordo cleric”
– Anonymous

“Rev. John Zuhlsdorf, a traditionalist blogger who has never shied from picking fights with priests, bishops or cardinals when liturgical abuses are concerned.”
– Kractivism

“Father John Zuhlsdorf is a crank”
“Father Zuhlsdorf drives me crazy”
“the hate-filled Father John Zuhlsford” [sic]
“Father John Zuhlsdorf, the right wing priest who has a penchant for referring to NCR as the ‘fishwrap'”

“Zuhlsdorf is an eccentric with no real consequences” – HERE


– Michael Sean Winters

“Fr Z is a true phenomenon of the information age: a power blogger and a priest.”
– Anna Arco

“Given that Rorate Coeli and Shea are mad at Fr. Z, I think it proves Fr. Z knows what he is doing and he is right.”
– Comment

“Let me be clear. Fr. Z is a shock jock, mostly. His readership is vast and touchy. They like to be provoked and react with speed and fury.”
– Sam Rocha

“Father Z’s Blog is a bright star on a cloudy night.”
– Comment

“A cross between Kung Fu Panda and Wolverine.”
– Anonymous

Fr. Z is officially a hybrid of Gandalf and Obi-Wan XD
– Comment

Rev. John Zuhlsdorf, a scrappy blogger popular with the Catholic right.
– America Magazine

RC integralist who prays like an evangelical fundamentalist.
-Austen Ivereigh on Twitter

[T]he even more mainline Catholic Fr. Z. blog.
–Deus Ex Machina

“For me the saddest thing about Father Z’s blog is how cruel it is…. It’s astonishing to me that a priest could traffic in such cruelty and hatred.”
– Jesuit homosexualist James Martin to BuzzFeed

“Fr. Z’s is one of the more cheerful blogs out there and he is careful about keeping the crazies out of his commboxes”
– Paul in comment at 1 Peter 5

“I am a Roman Catholic, in no small part, because of your blog.

I am a TLM-going Catholic, in no small part, because of your blog.

And I am in a state of grace today, in no small part, because of your blog.”

– Tom in comment

“Thank you for the delightful and edifying omnibus that is your blog.”- Reader comment.

“Fr. Z disgraces his priesthood as a grifter, a liar, and a bully. – – Mark Shea