November 2025

St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the Church The Vatican yesterday named St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the Church. The 19th-century English …

Ryan Marr is an expert on the English saint and is a former associate editor of the Newman Studies Journal. | Credit: Courtesy of Ryan …

During his Angelus on the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, Pope Leo XIV reflects on the hope of the resurrection and the importance of remembering those who have gone before us.

During the Mass on the Solemnity of All Saints, also the culmination of the Jubilee of the World of Education, Pope Leo XIV proclaims Saint John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church. His legacy, the Pope emphasized, is to form people “so that they may shine like stars in their full dignity.”