Today, October 9, for the first time, we can celebrate the optional feast of BLESSED John Henry Cardinal Newman (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890). He converted to Catholicisim on this day in 1845. Prolific writer and possibly future Doctor of the Church. He was created a cardinal in 1879, and was beatified in September 2010. His motto was “Cor ad Cor Loquitur.” Normally, the day of death or near that day is chosen as the feast, but in the case of Newman, somewhat controversially, the day of his entrance into the Catholic Church becomes his feast day.
Happy Feast Day - Blessed John Henry Newman
The latest from america
The day before he died, Pope Francis made one final circuit through St. Peter’s Square in his popemobile. “That’s my last image of him alive,” Gerry O’Connell remembered. “He drove among the people.”
Universities need to change. But Trump is attacking the wrong problems.
Editor in chief Sam Sawyer, S.J., reflects on praying with Pope Francis’ body in St. Peter’s Basilica.
Just about two weeks before he died, Francis announced that Archbishop-elect McKnight will be the next archbishop of Kansas City, Mo., and that Bishop Lewandowski will become the next bishop of Providence, R.I.
Could you please explain more the significance of becoming a Doctor of the Church?
tx bvo
A warm, spiritual ecumenist, Dominic showed Newman another dimension of the Catholicism he finally embraced. It wasn't a journey of cold logic. His story is told here: http://thepassionists.org/whats_new/category/compassion/