Tag: St John Henry Newman

Pope Leo XIV has added the feast day of St John Henry Newman, who is "a radiant light for the church on pilgrimage through history," to the General Roman Calendar so that "his Optional Memorial be celebrated by all on 9 October."

The same day Pope Leo XIV proclaimed St John Henry Newman a doctor of the church, he also named the British saint patron of the Pontifical Urbanian University in Rome.

The lives of St John Henry Newman and of all the saints teach Christians that "it is possible to live passionately amidst the complexity of the present without neglecting the apostolic mandate to 'shine like stars in the world,'" Pope Leo XIV said.

Pope Leo XIV's recognition of St John Henry Newman as a "doctor of the church" will be an ecumenical celebration, a sign of esteem for the excellence and ongoing relevance of his teaching, first as an Anglican and then as a Roman Catholic, said a key figure in preparing the declaration.

When St John Henry Newman is proclaimed a doctor of the church on 1 November, staff and students at his old university will be counting on a boost of confidence for Oxford's once-excluded Catholics.

Pope Leo XIV is soon to proclaim St John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church. Can you please tell me what criterion is used to make this decision? Also, could a lay person be named a Doctor? And what sort of writings must church Doctors have produced? Fr John Flader explains all.

Pope Leo XIV will issue a document on Catholic education 28 October, marking the 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council's declaration on education, a top Vatican official said.

Pope Leo XIV announced he will proclaim St John Henry Newman a doctor of the church 1 November during the Jubilee of the World of Education.

St John Henry Newman—the 19th-century theologian, intellectual and preacher who journeyed from Anglicanism to Catholicism, powerfully shaping religious thought in both faith traditions—will be named a doctor of the church by Pope Leo XIV.

St John Henry Newman, among the church’s most brilliant modern converts, opposed himself above all else to one “great mischief.” As the October Synod approaches, we would do well to listen to the English saint’s warning…

Fr Joseph Carola SJ spoke to students, clergy and members of the public for the latest instalment of Scholarship at the Cathedral

We first met Fr Ian Ker (Ker pronounced “car”) in Australia in the early 1990s.  It was in a slightly comical but telling circumstance...