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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

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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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