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Each year a new calendar, featuring Idaho priests and their families, is printed and sold offering the proceeds to help support our seminarians and priests. Mary Lou Molitor, the publisher of these yearly calendars, once again, asked me to participate in the 2026 edition. The theme for this year was to submit a photo which included 12 priests with their mothers. Thus, I submitted the above photo for the month of December. The photo tells the story of my sixth birthday when

Por Diácono Thomas Middleton Los niños son vulnerables a los efectos del mundo digital y están siendo moldeados por fuerzas más poderosas de lo que su capacidad de desarrollo puede manejar, incluido su desarrollo espiritual. Cada vez hay más pruebas que apuntan al hecho de que el cerebro en desarrollo de un niño es muy sensible, y la exposición excesiva a los dispositivos electrónicos y a los algoritmos impulsados por la inteligencia artificial (IA) crea daños neurológicos, p

Transitional homes offer men and women a place to live while they get back on their feet after prison. “It’s really hard for people when they come out of prison,” Deacon Geraty explained. “They go from an environment where everything is chosen for them, everything is structured, to needing to make so many choices. It can be overwhelming.”

Wives, family, clergy, and community support men in vows of lifelong service Five new deacons were ordained on Friday, June 6, at St....

Cindy Wooden started her journalism career at the Idaho Catholic Register. Her career took her to Rome more than 30 years ago, where she is now Rome Bureau Chief for Catholic News Service.