St. John Henry Newman to be named Doctor of the Church

News St. John Henry Newman's high profile conversion proved a key moment in the history of the Catholic Church in England. VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — England’s famous saintly cardinal St. John Henry Newman, C.O. is to be a Doctor of the Church,...

Oxford college head speaks out as academic awarded high Vatican honour

Today, (Thursday, July 31) Pope Leo XIV announced that Saint John Henry Newman would become a “doctor” of the church. Saint John was an influential 19th century convert to Catholicism from England’s main faith – at the time – Anglicanism. To...

Italy OKs Vatican plan to turn Rome field into solar farm to meet Vatican City's electricity needs (World)

Photo: AP Photo/ Gregorio Borgia, File FILE - A view of the antennas of the Vatican Radio, which beams the Pope's words around the world, is seen in Santa Maria di Galeria, on the outskirts of Rome, on April 11, 2001. Italy agreed Thursday to a...

Vatican court rejects auditor’s wrongful dismissal lawsuit, again

Vatican City’s Court of Appeal rejected Tuesday an appeal from former auditor general Libero Milone, ending his effort to sue the Vatican Secretariat of State for wrongful dismissal. Libero Milone. Pillar file photo. After a hearing June 30,...

Vatican strikes solar farm deal to become the world’s first carbon-neutral state

ROME (AP) — Italy agreed Thursday to a Vatican plan to turn a 430-hectare (1,000-acre) field north of Rome, once… ROME (AP) — Italy agreed Thursday to a Vatican plan to turn a 430-hectare (1,000-acre) field north of Rome, once the source of...

British Saint John Henry Newman to be declared Doctor of the Church

LEICESTER, United Kingdom – British Saint John Henry Newman will soon be declared a Doctor of the Universal Church, the Vatican announced on Thursday. Pope Leo XIV “confirmed the positive opinion” of the declaration during an audience with...

‘Jesus is not a programme’: Vatican embraces influencers to revive Catholic faith online

HOLY SEE, July 31 — Sister Albertine, a youthful French Catholic nun, stood outside the Vatican, phone in hand, ready to shoot more videos for her hundreds of thousands of followers online. The 29-year-old nun, whose secular name is Albertine...

Pope Leo paves way for St. John Henry Newman to be formally named doctor of the church

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 named a doctor of the church by Pope Leo XIV....

Overcrowded Vatican City And Other European Micro Countries Top Overtourism Report

Crowds of visitors line up to enter St. Peter's Basilica. in Vatican City, Rome. getty From monuments and sites such as the Louvre Museum in Paris and the Trevi Fountain in Rome, islands including Santorini and the main Canary islands, to cities...

Pope to bestow one of Catholic Church’s highest honours on John Henry Newman

Pope Leo XIV has decided to declare St John Henry Newman a “doctor” of the church, bestowing one of the Catholic Church’s highest honours on the deeply influential 19th century Anglican convert who remains a unifying figure in both the Anglican...

Card. Pell ordered an investigation into a ‘potentially illegal’ Vatican banking system

Did you know that Louisiana has its own Vatican? This Cajun historian grew up there.

In rural Lafayette Parish, in one of the most Catholic regions of the country, a little village called Vatican sits on La. 93 between Scott and Cankton. Some of Vatican's principal streets are Vatican Road, Pope Drive and Bishop Street. It's about...

Colonial Theft: How Western Nations are Looting Ukraine's Cultural Treasures

https://sputnikglobe.com/20250731/colonial-theft-how-western-nations-are-looting-ukraines-cultural-treasures---1122524610.html Colonial Theft: How Western Nations are Looting Ukraine's Cultural Treasures Colonial Theft: How Western Nations are...

Alabama priest on leave after woman alleges relationship began when she was 17

Bishop Steven Raica, head of the Catholic Diocese of Birmingham, today released a letter to the diocese revealing that a priest is being investigated for a relationship with a woman alleged to have begun when she was 17. Robert Sullivan, 61,...

MoU signed between Azerbaijan’s State Committee and Holy See in spotlight of Italian and Vatican media

Vatican, July 30, AZERTAC The Italian and Vatican media outlets have extensively covered the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Azerbaijan’s State Committee for Work with Religious Institutions and the Dicastery for Interreligious...

8 Ways St. John Henry Newman Is the Doctor of the Church We Need Now

Elected to the papacy in 1878 after the long, defensive years of Blessed Pius IX, Pope Leo XIII advised paying close attention to his first cardinals. Included among them would be St. John Henry Newman, the towering intellectual convert who, while...

Leader of English Bishops ‘Thrilled’ at Newman’s Elevation to Doctor of the Church

Cardinal Nichols noted that the request to recognize Newman, the most recently canonized saint in England and Wales, had been before the Holy See “for some time” and has been widely supported across the globe. Cardinal Vincent Nichols, president...

Cardinal Kikuchi: Youth fighting selfishness are the hope of the Church

Vatican City, Jul 30, 2025 / 13:39 pm President of Caritas Internationalis Cardinal Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, SVD, praised the Church’s young humanitarians this week for their generous dedication to the world’s poor, saying they are bearers of hope...

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

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St. John Henry Newman to Be Declared 38th Doctor of the Church

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday approved the decision to declare St. John Henry Newman the 38th doctor of the universal Church. The decision to confer the title upon the 19th-century English saint — a former Anglican priest who converted to Catholicism —...