This week on “Jesuitical,” Ashley and Zac chat with Chris Cimorelli. Chris is the director of the National Institute for Newman Studies and the editor of the Newman Studies Journal, and an expert on St. John Henry Cardinal Newman, the newest doctor of the church.
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Why the Vatican banned the controversial Marian title ‘Co-redemptrix’
On “Inside the Vatican” this week, Vatican correspondents Gerard O’Connell and Colleen Dulle discuss the new doctrinal statement on Mary and look at St. John Henry Newman being named a doctor of the church and co-patron of Catholic education.
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Why preaching for the feast of this building matters
Preaching the Feast of the Lateran Basilica can be daunting. Sylvester Tan, S.J., invites preachers to lean into the fear.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Leo declares St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the church and co-patron of Catholic education
Pope Leo XIV declared St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the church, also declaring the saint co-patron with St. Thomas Aquinas of the church’s educational mission.
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Read: Pope Leo’s homily declaring St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the church
Pope Leo XIV declares St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the church, quoting from the saint’s famous hymn, “Lead, Kindly Light,” and holding him up as a model for educators.
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The saints aren’t flawless—and that should give us hope.
Dorothy Day once told me, “When they call you a saint it means that you are not to be taken seriously.” Yet she took saints extremely seriously.
Posted inThe Good Word
Meet Francis, my friend in heaven
I often find myself not only being with Francis in prayer but asking things of him. It is important to question why I do that and why so many others do the same with their deceased loved ones.
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St. John Henry Newman’s unique approach to conscience
How will St. John Henry Newman, who will be declared a doctor of the church on Nov. 1, be known? There is one title that seems to be repeated with some frequency: Doctor of Conscience.
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Why Venezuela’s first saints matter to me
The past 20 years have been anything but easy for the Venezuelan people. Having not one, but two canonizations, for our first saints during the Jubilee Year of Hope is not something we take lightly.
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Pope Leo names St. John Henry Newman co-patron of Catholic education in new document
St. Newman, whom Pope Leo will declare a “doctor of the church” on Nov. 1, will join the current patron of Catholic education, St. Thomas Aquinas.