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Bob Sobotta—A Memoir Completed

By Bob Fontaine For the ICR Despite repeated falls and declining health, my friend Bob Sobotta remained determined to complete his memoir. But his memoir, “Reflections, Challenges and Blessings,” was unfinished when Bob, surrounded by his family, passed away peacefully in the evening hours of Tuesday, Nov. 4. Yet, in a deeper and far more beautiful way, Bob’s story is now complete—completed not by his own hand, but by the loving hand of God. Those of us blessed to have known

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Bob Sobotta—A Memoir Completed

By Bob Fontaine For the ICR Despite repeated falls and declining health, my friend Bob Sobotta remained determined to complete his memoir. But his memoir, “Reflections, Challenges and Blessings,” was unfinished when Bob, surrounded by his family, passed away peacefully in the evening hours of Tuesday, Nov. 4. Yet, in a deeper and far more beautiful way, Bob’s story is now complete—completed not by his own hand, but by the loving hand of God. Those of us blessed to have known

Nov 183 min read

Obispos estadounidenses emiten un “mensaje especial” sobre inmigración

Al reunirse la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de los Estados Unidos (USCCB) durante su Asamblea Plenaria de Otoño en Baltimore, los obispos emitieron un mensaje especial en el que expresaron su preocupación por la situación cambiante que afecta a los inmigrantes en los Estados Unidos. Fue la primera vez en doce años que la USCCB recurrió a esta forma particularmente urgente de expresarse como cuerpo episcopal. La última vez que lo hizo fue en 2013, en respuesta al mandato

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Nov. 21 issue of the Idaho Catholic Register is here

The latest issue of the Idaho Catholic Register should be in mailboxes beginning Friday, Nov. 21. Don't miss out on Idaho Catholic news. Visit https://www.idahocatholicregister.org/ to subscribe.

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U.S. Bishops Issue a “Special Message” on Immigration from Plenary Assembly in Baltimore

As the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) gathered for their Fall Plenary Assembly in Baltimore, the bishops issued a Special Message addressing their concern for the evolving situation impacting immigrants in the United States. It marked the first time in 12 years the USCCB invoked this particularly urgent way of speaking as a body of bishops. The last one issued in 2013 was in response to the federal government’s contraceptive mandate. Under the regulation

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Advent is an opportunity to prepare our hearts for Christ’s coming

By Tish O’Hagan Diocese of Boise, Director of Worship I’ve written a lot about Advent for the Register over the years, some of it more liturgy-based, nuts-and-bolts factual and some of it more esoteric. The feasts, the Propers for the Mass and the Hours, and the environment of the season are gifts to us of the liturgical calendar. They help us, if we are attentive, to open our hearts to the coming of Christ, the commemoration of His birth at Christmas and His coming at the en

Nov 183 min read

Cristo Rey

Lc 23, 35-46 Ante Pilato, Jesús se había declarado rey (Jn 18, 35ss). Esto bastaba para hacerlo blasfemo ante el poder religioso, y sedicioso ante el poder civil. Y aunque agrega que “su reino no es de este mundo”, el sentido de estas palabras escapaba a sus jueces. Jesús fue entregado a la muerte. Ante el poder era un rey fracasado; el letrero en la cruz lo atestiguaba: “Este es el Rey de los Judíos”. Pero ante el pueblo, la cosa era más compleja. Por sus hechos y palabras,

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