Author: Catholic News Agency
​UIW and OLLU reach historic agreement
The University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) and Our Lady of The Lake University (OLLU) have entered into a series of memorandums of understanding (MOU) that will allow for students at each institution to have the opportunity to further their educations by attending the other in the areas of health professions and graduate studies.
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​Catholic Charities, Seton Home, and St. PJ’s Home receive $140,000 in assistance from San Antonio A
Catholic Charities, Seton Home, and St. PJ’s Home each received grants from the San Antonio Area Foundation on April 22 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in order to supplement programs and services with increased expenditures.
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​Be a part of someone’s encounter with Christ through this year’s Appeal!
With more than halfway through the year, we are grateful for all who have given selflessly to help others encounter Christ through the 2019 Annual Archbishop’s Appeal, Encounter: Live in Faith, Give in Love.
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​Francis again visits Blessed Paul VI’s tomb on anniversary of his death
Pope Francis made a private visit Monday morning to pray at the tomb of Bl. Paul VI, on the 40th anniversary of his death.
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​Vatican changes Catechism teaching on death penalty, calls it ‘inadmissible’
The Vatican changed on Thursday the Catechism of the Catholic Church’s teaching on the permissibility of the death penalty, which the Church has taught is legitimate in limited cases, stating the penalty is ‘inadmissible,’ and its elimination should be sought.
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​Pope Francis to altar servers: Holiness is not for the lazy
Everyone is called to pursue sainthood through living the Works of Mercy, though it is not for the weak of heart, Pope Francis told more than 60,000 young altar servers in St. Peter’s Square Tuesday.
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​Pope visits elderly woman in Rome
Pope Francis made a surprise trip Saturday to visit an elderly woman in a central district of Rome, drawing attention from local residents as they spotted his blue car.
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Pope Francis: Faith is measured by one’s treatment of the poor
The love with which individuals and communities treat the poor, the weak, and the hungry, is the best measure of faith, Pope Francis said in his Angelus address Sunday.
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Pope Francis ​to theologians: Spiritual conversion should precede pastoral solutions
On moral, theological issues, conversion of heart – in Greek, metanoia – should take place before the development of pastoral and political solutions, Pope Francis said in a message to Catholic theologians Friday.
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Do you want to grow in love? Keep Jesus close, pope says
A Christian can stay on the right path to Heaven, and grow in love for God and his neighbor, only by keeping close to Christ and his love, Pope Francis said Sunday.
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