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2026-04-16T14:14:18-04:00

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Though Mountains Fall

Last updated on: April 16, 2026 at 2:14 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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There’d been a bit of an emergency downtown, because the derelict building behind a row of storefronts collapsed. On Easter Monday, the owner of the bookstore came to check on his shop, and realized that the whole edifice behind it was leaning and about to go. The internal structure of the abandoned building had crumpled, leaving the clapboard walls sagging like a half-baked cake. The bookshop was unharmed, but would be flattened if that building sagged in the wrong... Read more

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2026-04-13T00:25:31-04:00

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Trump Attacks Pope Leo in a Deranged Rant

Last updated on: April 13, 2026 at 12:25 am By Mary Pezzulo

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We need to talk about the spat between the Trump Administration and the Pope one more time. It needs to be mentioned, first of all, that there have been conflicting accounts about exactly what happened at that meeting between Cardinal Pierre and Elbridge Colby which I told you about last week. No one denies the meeting happened. It certainly did. No one denies words were exchanged. Some are saying it was perfectly cordial and that claiming Colby threatened the... Read more

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2026-04-11T08:25:40-04:00

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What It Means to Be ‘God-People’ in Appalachia

Last updated on: April 11, 2026 at 8:25 am By Mary Pezzulo

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We are God-People We went on an adventure– Adrienne, Jimmy’s boy, and me. For a long time, I had been promising Jimmy’s boy that we were going to visit the Hellbender Preserve in Bloomingdale, to see the historic Lincoln Bridge and the railroad tunnel. When the day came, I packed up the car with snacks and water and went to collect him. He came out of his house, carrying a tablet in a stout blue protective case. He’d borrowed it... Read more

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2026-04-14T13:31:30-04:00

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Did Trump’s Pentagon Really Threaten the Vatican?

Last updated on: April 14, 2026 at 1:31 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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I wanted to speak more about the president’s threats against Iran and his subsequent surrender today, and I will soon. But there’s no time for that just now, because we’ve got another political bombshell to talk about. It’s now being reported that in January, the Pentagon threatened the Vatican. It has been reported, and confirmed by a few different outlets, that in January, Cardinal Cristophe Pierre, then the Vatican’s ambassador to the United States, was summoned to the Pentagon... Read more

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2026-04-07T15:50:31-04:00

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A Note on the Brink of War, or Maybe Not

Last updated on: April 7, 2026 at 3:50 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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As I am writing this, it is three o’clock Eastern daylight time, in the afternoon on Easter Tuesday, and I don’t know what will happen with the Iran war tonight. As am I writing, the president is still adamant that he’s going to kill “a whole civilization” at eight o’clock PM Eastern. Theoretically, if he can be trusted, we have five hours. But I have no idea whether he’ll follow through on his threat or not. This, to me,... Read more

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2026-04-07T01:34:19-04:00

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As Easter Follows Lent

Last updated on: April 7, 2026 at 1:34 am By Mary Pezzulo

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They discovered graves on the hillside just down the street. Down on the south end of LaBelle, just behind the laundromat, construction workers tore up the vacant lot that’s been empty for as long as I’ve lived here. I was sorry, because there’s so little nature here in LaBelle. I wish they’d let every vacant lot grow up wild and turn back into prairie, but of course, they can’t. Workmen came in their noisy excavators and flayed away the... Read more

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2026-04-02T23:49:20-04:00

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You Didn’t Kill Jesus: A Message for Good Friday

Last updated on: April 2, 2026 at 11:49 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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You didn’t kill Jesus. You couldn’t have. Jesus is the only begotten Son of the Father. Such a Being couldn’t possibly die, unless He chose to become something else. And He did. He voluntarily chose to become a man, with a body that could break and die, so He could be closer to you. Jesus is not angry with you. He isn’t upset with you. That’s not what this day is about. Jesus came to earth because He wanted... Read more

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2026-03-30T15:38:21-04:00

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Blogkeeping Notes for Spring 2026

Last updated on: March 30, 2026 at 3:38 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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Hi friends, this isn’t a real blog post. This is my every-few-months boilerplate where I tell everyone where to find me when I’m not here and how to support my work. This winter was a turbulent one in our country, and I’ve been documenting that by discussing white supremacists’ odd notions about immigrants including the family of Steubenville’s own Dean Martin. I have been reminding people about the Catholic Church’s Just War Doctrine and how the war in Iran doesn’t... Read more

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2026-03-31T07:59:16-04:00

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Whom Do You Seek? A Holy Week Meditation

Last updated on: March 31, 2026 at 7:59 am By Mary Pezzulo

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I went into Holy Week, a little sad and apprehensive, not knowing what to say. I suppose I would have much more success in life, if I could ever wear a face that wasn’t my own. But I’ve tried, and I can’t. All I have is myself. I can only tell you about myself. I can never say what people want me to say, except by coincidence. I can only tell you how I really feel. But I’m afraid the... Read more

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2026-03-23T01:54:46-04:00

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A Hemlock Forest, at the End of the World

Last updated on: March 23, 2026 at 1:54 am By Mary Pezzulo

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I went for a hike with Adrienne, and Jimmy’s boy. We went to Frankfort Mineral Spring, to the waterfall and the shale rock cave where I once felt so certain I was going to hell. I didn’t feel as if I was going to hell now. I felt as if I was in Heaven. Adrienne and Jimmy’s boy also seemed to think they were in Heaven. We climbed up the hill and through those magnificent pines, marveling at everything, happy,... Read more

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