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  2. Holy See - Wikipedia

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    The Holy See is thus viewed as the central government of the Catholic Church and Vatican City. [17] The Catholic Church, in turn, is the largest non-government provider of education and health care in the world. [19]

  3. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio - Wikipedia

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    On August 28, 1874, the Diocese of Galveston was divided and the northern territory was canonically erected by the Holy See as the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Antonio. Originally part of the Ecclesiastical Province of New Orleans , it was subsequently elevated on August 3, 1926, to a metropolitan archdiocese.

  4. Government of Texas - Wikipedia

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    Texas has a total of 254 counties, by far the largest number of counties of any state. Each county is run by a five-member Commissioners' Court consisting of four commissioners elected from single-member districts (called commissioner precincts) and a county judge elected at-large. The county judge does not have authority to veto a decision of ...

  5. Texas State Capitol - Wikipedia

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    The current Texas State Capitol is the fourth building to serve that purpose in Austin. The first was a two-room wooden structure (located on the northeast corner of 8th St and Colorado St) which served as the national capitol of the Texas Republic and continued as the seat of government upon Texas' admission to the Union.

  6. Politics of Vatican City - Wikipedia

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    It is therefore quite distinct from the Vatican City state, which was created in 1929, through the Lateran treaties between the Holy See and Italy. As the "central government" of the Catholic Church, the Holy See has a legal personality that allows it to enter into treaties as the juridical equal of a state and to send and receive diplomatic ...

  7. Portal:Catholic Church/The Town and the World - Wikipedia

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    The Holy See (Latin: Sancta Sedes, "holy seat") is the episcopal see of Rome. The incumbent of the see is the Bishop of Rome — the Pope. The term Holy See, as used in Canon law, also refers to the Pope and the Roman Curia—in effect, the central government of the Catholic Church—and is the sense more widely used today.

  8. Cathedral of San Fernando (San Antonio) - Wikipedia

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    A view of San Fernando in the 1800s Main Plaza, Cathedral, and Court House, San Antonio, Texas (postcard, c. 1901–1914) The original church of San Fernando was built between 1738 and 1750. The walls of that church today form the sanctuary of the cathedral, which gives rise to its claim as the oldest cathedral in the State of Texas.

  9. Secretariat of State (Holy See) - Wikipedia

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    The Section is responsible for the Holy See's interactions with civil governments. According to the relevant articles of the apostolic constitution Pastor bonus, [10] the responsibilities of the Secretary for Relations with States are: for the Holy See's diplomatic relations with states, including the establishment of concordats or similar ...

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