Pope Leo XIV reads his homily at Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Nov. 1, 2025. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Nov 1, 2025 / 08:45 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has declared St. John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church, recognizing the English cardinal and theologian—one of the most influential converts from Anglicanism—as a towering figure of faith and intellect in modern Catholicism.The declaration took place at the beginning of Mass for the Solemnity of…

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