Pope to canonize Newman and four
others on 13 October
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| Beatification ceremony of John Henry Newman presided over by Pope Benedict XVI on 19 September 2010 |
The Vatican announces the date of the canonization of
Blessed John Henry Newman along with four others on the third Sunday of October
2019.
By Linda Bordoni
At a Consistory of cardinals on Monday, Pope Francis
formally approved Blessed John Henry Newman’s canonisation along with that of
Sister Mariam Thresia, of Giuseppina Vannini, of Dulce Lopes Pontes and of
Margarita Bays.
In February, the Pope signed a decree recognising a second
miracle attributed to Blessed John Henry Newman, the inexplicable healing of a
woman with a “life-threatening pregnancy”.
Blessed John Henry Newman was one of the
most prominent converts to Catholicism from Anglicanism of the 19th century. He
was already an esteemed Anglican theologian when he founded the Oxford Movement
to return the Church of England to its Catholic roots, before himself
converting to the Catholic faith. He was renowned as a brilliant thinker and
was made a cardinal by Pope Leo XIII. He died in Birmingham in 1890, aged 89,
after founding the Birmingham Oratory.
Sister Mariam Thresia of India is the
founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family.
Italian Sister Giuseppina Vannini is the
founder of the Daughters of Saint Camillus.
Brazilian Sister Dulce Lopes Pontes of the
Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of the
Mother of God.
Marguerite Bays of Switzerland, of the Third
Order of Saint Francis of Assisi.
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