“I have no tendency to be a saint—it is a sad thing to say, Saints are not literary men,” John Henry Newman wrote to a correspondent in 1850. But the Catholic Church has judged differently. Last ...

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 ...

Blessed John Henry Newman is pictured in an 1865 photo. (CNS photo/courtesy Fathers of the Birmingham Oratory) By the time John Henry Newman entered into the Catholic Church in 1845, he had grown ...

Cardinal John Henry Newman was canonized in Rome on Oct. 13 during the 2019 Synod on the Amazon. Newman was a 19th-century theologian, poet, priest and cardinal whose writings are considered some of ...

Further reading uncovers that cardinal was neither a liberal or a conservative. Sept. 17, 2010 — -- John Cornwell's recent article condemning Pope Benedict XVI for hijacking the legacy of John ...

The writings of newly-canonized St. John Henry Newman offer important reflections for contemporary society on freedom of conscience and the duty to search for truth, said a leading figure in ...

When I make my annual retreat, I generally warm up by reading one or more lives of the saints. This helps me to leave the busy-ness of the world, enter more deeply into the milieu of God and hear his ...

IN the great gulf fixed between personal conviction and submission to authority lies the eternal schism which separates the followers of Christ. For forty-five years — half of his long life — John ...

A second miracle attributed to Blessed John Henry Newman has reportedly been approved by the Vatican, fueling expectation that his canonization could occur as early as next year. Bishop Philip Egan of ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — With Prince Charles looking on, Pope Francis on Sunday canonized Cardinal John Henry Newman, praising the 19th-century Anglican convert who became an influential, unifying figure ...

Yesterday, John Henry Newman was raised to the dignity of the altar, as his contemporaries would have described his canonization. The event was almost as unlikely as his being raised to the sacred ...

The author and political analyst said that Newman’s canonization should remind the fathers at the Pan-Amazon Synod that doctrinal development is not a break with tradition. George Weigel, shown ...