Papst macht den heiligen John Henry Newman gemeinsam mit dem heiligen Thomas von Aquin zum Mitpatron der katholischen Bildung

St. Thomas Aquinas/St. John Henry Newman. / Credit: Public domain ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 31, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV declared St. John Henry Newman, along with St. Thomas Aquinas, as a patron saint of the Catholic Church’s educational mission in his recent apostolic letter on education, “Drawing New Maps of Hope.”In the letter, the pontiff draws a connection between the two saints, separated by six centuries but united by the same mission: teaching within the Catholic…