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 and Catholic churches.
The Vatican said Leo confirmed the opinion of the Vatican’s saint-making office during an audience on Thursday with its prefect, Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, and would make the decision official soon.
