Pope Francis on Sunday will canonize John Henry Newman, a Victorian-era intellectual, Catholic convert and cardinal. A self-described “controversialist,” Newman was an early leader in the ...

In October, Pope Francis declared Cardinal John Henry Newman a saint. That same month, the pope elevated the Dec. 10 feast of Our Lady of Loreto to the Church’s universal Roman Calendar.

When the convert-cardinal, Blessed John Henry Newman, is canonized by Pope Francis on Oct. 13, it will be the culmination of a remarkable religious odyssey stretching back over two centuries.

At the canonization Mass for Sts. Giuseppina Vannini, Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan, Dulce Lopes Pontes, Marguerite Bays and John Henry Newman, shown underway Oct. 13 in St. Peter’s Square ...

Cardinal Stanislaw Rylko, archpriest of the Basilica of St. Mary Major, walks past an image of St. John Henry Newman during vigil in advance of his canonization, at the Basilica of St. Mary Major ...

Born in 1801, Newman would make both a fascinating and controversial saint. An eminent clergyman, Newman spent much of his life in the orbit of Oxford University, where he studied and later taught.

My friendship with St. John Henry Newman only deepened as I left academia to pursue holiness as a wife, mother and homemaker. John Everett Millais, “John Henry Newman,” 1881 (photo: Public Domain) ...

John Henry Newman Is a Saint for the Homemaker My friendship with St. John Henry Newman only deepened as I left academia to pursue holiness as a wife, mother and homemaker. Kelly Marcum Blogs ...