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Pope to bestow one of Catholic Church’s highest honors on Anglican convert John Henry Newman

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV decided Thursday to declare St. John Henry Newman a “doctor” of the church, bestowing one of ...

Anglican Convert John Newman To Get Rare Honour From Pope

John Henry Newman, a 19th century Anglican priest who converted to Catholicism, will be proclaimed a "doctor of the Church" by Pope Leo XIV in a rare distinction, the Vatican said Thursday.
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St. John Henry Newman will be named doctor of the church by Pope Leo

On July 31, Pope Leo XIV announced that St. John Henry Newman, English theologian, educator, and writer who converted to ...
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Pope paves way for St. John Henry Newman to be formally named doctor of the church

The news was announced by the Vatican shortly after Pope Leo's July 31 audience with the prefect of the Dicastery for the ...
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Pope Leo XIV appoints new director of the Vatican Observatory

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday appointed astronomer Father Richard Anthony D’Souza, SJ, as the new director of the Vatican ...
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A Castel Gandolfo Encounter With St. John Paul II

The return of Pope Leo XIV to Castel Gandolfo was widely welcomed, even if only for a few weeks. The previous custom was that ...