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October 26, 2019

Bishop Robert Barron: Newman’s many sides created a saintly figure

Pope Francis celebrates the canonization Mass for five new saints in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. 13.

I’m still basking in the glow of the splendid Mass of canonization Oct. 13, presided over by Pope Francis and attended by tens of thousands of bishops, priests and faithful from all over the world.

Published in Guest Columns
October 18, 2019

An education built on inspiration

Paul Dansereau, far left, is among the new students at Newman Theological College which is celebrating its 50th anniversary and the canonization of its namesake.

EDMONTON -- It’s a monumental year for Newman Theological College, which is celebrating both its 50th anniversary and the canonization of its namesake, Blessed John Henry Newman.

Published in Higher Education
October 14, 2019

Prince Charles praises St. Newman

Britain's Prince Charles waits for the start of the canonization Mass for five new saints celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 13, 2019.

VATICAN CITY -- On the eve of the canonization of St. John Henry Newman, Britain's Prince Charles penned an article about England's newest saint for the Vatican newspaper.

Published in Faith
October 13, 2019

Pope Francis declares Cardinal Newman, four others saints

Pope Francis celebrates the canonization Mass for five new saints in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 13, 2019.

VATICAN CITY -- Saints are people who recognized their need for God's help, who took risks to discover God's will and to help others and who nurtured a habit of thanksgiving, Pope Francis said.

Published in Faith
October 13, 2019

Newman legacy alive and well

Blessed John Henry Newman is pictured in an 1865 photo. He will be made a saint on Oct. 13.

It will be a delayed celebration, but a celebration nonetheless at Toronto’s Newman Centre when the Catholic chaplaincy’s namesake is elevated to sainthood.

Published in Canada
October 11, 2019

Banners unfurled in St. Peter's Square in preparation for canonizations

A banner of Blessed John Henry Newman hangs on the facade of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 10, 2019. He is among five people to be canonized by Pope Francis Oct. 13.

VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican hung banners of the Catholic Church's newly canonized saints four days before the Mass that would officially recognize that they are in heaven with God.

Published in Faith
November 6, 2014

Doctrine sprouts and grows

Cardinal John Henry Newman argued that doctrine develops over time.

The controversies surrounding the recent extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family have often put me in mind of Cardinal John Henry Newman, the greatest Catholic churchman of the 19th century. Newman wrote eloquently on an extraordinary range of topics, but the arguments around the Synod compel us to look at Newman’s work regarding the evolution of doctrine. 

Published in Guest Columns