VATICAN CITY -- Pope Leo XIV on Saturday bestowed one of the Catholic Church's highest honors on St. John Henry Newman, the deeply influential 19th- century British convert and theologian, declaring ...

A tapestry of St. John Henry Newman hangs from the facade of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Nov. 1, 2025, during the Mass in which Pope Leo XIV declared the 19th-century English cardinal and ...

Pope Leo XIV has declared St. John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church, recognizing the English cardinal and theologian—one of the most influential converts from Anglicanism—as a towering figure of ...

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — ALL SAINTS’ DAY IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH THIS YEAR WILL HAVE A NEW ASPECT TO IT: 19th-century theologian Cardinal John Henry Newman officially becomes a Doctor of the Church on ...

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 ...