{"id":58991,"date":"2025-08-15T23:59:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T23:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=58991"},"modified":"2025-08-15T23:59:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T23:59:55","slug":"leader-of-english-bishops-thrilled-at-newmans-elevation-to-doctor-of-the-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/leader-of-english-bishops-thrilled-at-newmans-elevation-to-doctor-of-the-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Leider van Engelse bisschoppen \u2018enthousiast\u2019 over verheffing van Newman tot kerkleraar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster speaks with a police officer outside Westminster Cathedral in London, Nov. 9, 2021. \/ Credit: Mazur\/cbcew.org.uk<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 31, 2025 \/ 11:41 am (CNA).<\/p>\n

Cardinal Vincent Nichols, president of the Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of England and Wales, (CBCEW) said he is \u201cdelighted and thrilled\u201d that Pope Leo XIV has announced that he will declare St. John Henry Newman to be a doctor of the Church.<\/p>\n

Joining Nichols in a statement from the conference<\/a> following Thursday\u2019s announcement by the Holy See Press Office, Archbishop Bernard Longley of Birmingham said of Newman that \u201cit is remarkable that his writings, first as an Anglican and then as a Roman Catholic, but considered as one entire corpus of written work, have led to him being declared a doctor of the Church.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThis recognition that the writings of St. John Henry Newman are a true expression of the faith of the Church is of huge encouragement to all who appreciate not only his great learning but also his heroic sanctity in following the call of God in his journey of faith,\u201d Nichols added.<\/p>\n

Longley, who also serves as vice president of the CBCEW, said he is \u201cimmensely grateful to Pope Leo for declaring St. John Henry Newman as a doctor of the Church\u201d and pointed out that Newman is \u201cthe third Englishman to be afforded this title,\u201d after St. Bede the Venerable and St. Anselm of Canterbury.<\/p>\n

Nichols noted that the request to recognize Newman as a doctor of the Church had been before the Holy See \u201cfor some time\u201d and has been widely supported across the globe, especially by the bishops of the Church in England.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis moment brings back vivid memories of thepapal visit in 2010 of Pope Benedict XVI to these countries when he declared the beatification of John Henry Newman,\u201d Nichols continued. \u201cThat moment now reaches its fulfillment and gives great joy to all who strive to follow Christ today.\u201d<\/p>\n

De aankondiging<\/a> by the Holy See Press Office stated that the decision was made during a July 31 meeting between Pope Leo and the Vatican\u2019s prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, Cardinal Marcello Sameraro.<\/p>\n

Oratorian Father Ignatius Harrison, co-actor of the Newman cause, joined in the celebration of the announcement, declaring: \u201cThe fathers and brothers of the Birmingham Oratory give praise and thanks to God that the Holy Father Pope Leo has today confirmed that the title \u2018doctor of the Church\u2019 will soon be bestowed on St. John Henry.\u201d <\/p>\n

Harrison emphasized that \u201cNewman\u2019s wisdom and spiritual vision will now be of even greater relevance to the universal Church and indeed to all people of goodwill who seek God\u2019s truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gavin Ashenden<\/a>, a former Anglican bishop who was received into the Catholic Church in 2019, reacted with similar ebullience to the announcement, writing in a post on X<\/a>: \u201cThis is the most wonderful news.\u201d<\/p>\n

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