Cardinal John Newman - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 04 Jul 2019 05:10:04 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Cardinal John Newman - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Pope to canonise British Catholic luminary John Henry Newman https://cathnews.co.nz/2019/07/04/pope-canonise-newman/ Thu, 04 Jul 2019 07:55:32 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=119053 Cardinal John Henry Newman, one of the most influential and controversial Christian figures of the 19th century and a leading Anglican before converting to Catholicism, will be made a saint, the Vatican said on Monday. Canonisation will take place at the Vatican on October 13, it said in a statement, after Pope Francis decreed recognition Read more

Pope to canonise British Catholic luminary John Henry Newman... Read more]]> Cardinal John Henry Newman, one of the most influential and controversial Christian figures of the 19th century and a leading Anglican before converting to Catholicism, will be made a saint, the Vatican said on Monday.

Canonisation will take place at the Vatican on October 13, it said in a statement, after Pope Francis decreed recognition of a healing miracle attributed to Newman's intercession.

"Cardinal Newman had a major impact on Catholic theology and on education worldwide, making him a truly global Briton," said Sally Axworthy, the British Ambassador to the Vatican. Read more

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