Topic: Cardinal John Henry Newman

The Catholic Church has been granted a license to exhume the body of Cardinal John Henry Newman, according to the August 24, 2008 print issue of Our Sunday Visitor. Officials at the Vatican in April of this year ruled that a healing ...
On October 20, Pope Benedict XVI approved a plan wherein the Pope will issue an apostolic constitution, a form of papal decree, that will lead to the creation of " Oliver Lough provides the best prism through which to examine this pending ...

Abuse undermines Church, says Pope

Pope Benedict XVI has acknowledged the sex abuse scandal "seriously undermines the moral credibility" of the Church. But he said Church leaders had taken "serious steps" to ensure children are protected from harm and suggested the Catholic Church in Britain could share ...

Beatification Mass ends Papal visit

Thousands of Catholics from the UK and around the world are expected to attend a special Mass to beatify Cardinal John Henry Newman, the last day of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Britain. On Saturday the Pope purposely broke off from his ...
Pope breaks own rule to hold up Anglican convert Newman as model for Catholics todayPope Benedict XVI will break his own rule this weekend when he beatifies Cardinal John Henry Newman, the renowned 19th Century Anglican convert who greatly influenced the Roman ...

Waiting for Dr. Newman, Nicholas Lash

W ith the imminent beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman, many people are wondering whether he will be declared a doctor of the church as well. On becoming a Catholic, Newman found theology, as practiced in the Roman schools, to be rigorously ...

A Sturdy Framework, Alfred McBride

W illiam J. O'Malley, S.J., raised a number of pertinent questions in " A few summers ago, as part of a seminar at Oxford on the writings of Cardinal John Henry Newman, we took a field trip to Littlemore, where Newman lived ...
After months of wrangling over a 19th century law which forbids the transfer of bodies from graves to church tombs, the Government has agreed to allow Cardinal John Henry Newman to be exhumed. It is a victory for the Vatican which wants ...