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 ...

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, proclaimed a doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIV in November 2025, has been added to the General Roman Calendar, establishing his optional memorial on Oct. 9. Since Pope ...

When Pope Leo XIII made Newman a cardinal in 1879, Newman chose the motto, 'Heart speaks to heart,' because he realized we are saved through the Lord speaking from his heart to ours. The oratory in ...

The Roman Catholic Church has been thwarted in its plan to move the remains of influential 19th-century English Cardinal John Henry Newman from his joint grave with his male housemate of 30 years to a ...

Differing from the traditional practice, the feast day of Cardinal John Henry Newman is not celebrated on the day of his death. Instead, in his memory the Church celebrates his feast on the day he ...