In recent years, the Jesuit university “has experienced a series of financial challenges,” like many small, public and private universities, a university news release said.
News
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Migration should be a choice, not ‘forced,’ Archbishop says
Migration should be “a choice rather than something forced or involuntary,” said Philippine Archbishop Bernardito Auza.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis shakes up church with his cardinal choices, reflecting Catholic demographics
Francis has also overturned the tradition of choosing bishops who are in charge of prestigious dioceses or Vatican departments as cardinals.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Gunmen attack bus carrying Coptic Christians, killing at least 24 in Egypt
Gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Coptic Christians south of the Egyptian capital on Friday, killing 24 people and wounding 25, officials said.
Posted inFaith, News
New cardinal from Laos known for kindness and open-minded dialogue
Cardinal-designate Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, who will become the first cardinal from Laos, is an ethnic Khmu, a hill tribe from northern Laos and southern China.
Posted inFaith, News
Appointment not about career, but service, cardinal-designate from Spain says
Although past archbishops from Barcelona have been named cardinals, Archbishop Omella said he was still surprised by the announcement.
Posted inFaith, News
Sweden’s first cardinal missioned with promoting church in largely secular country
Cardinal-designate Anders Arborelius of Stockholm is Sweden’s only Catholic bishop and the first native Swede to hold the post since the Protestant Reformation in the 1500s.
Posted inFaith, News
‘Because she was immoral’: Christian school denies pregnant teen graduation walk
“Maddi is being disciplined, not because she’s pregnant, but because she was immoral,” wrote David R. Hobbs, the school administrator.
Posted inFaith, News
Meet the Vatican’s space explorers
Twelve Catholic priests and brothers live, work and pray at the Vatican Observatory as they explore some of the universe’s biggest scientific questions.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Gunmen take priest and other hostages; Philippines’ Duterte imposes martial law
Gunmen claiming to have links with the Islamic State group threatened to kill hostages, including a Catholic priest, who were taken from the southern Philippine city of Marawi on May 23.