The Newman Cause’s forgotten heroes

SIR – The debt of gratitude owed to Fr Gregory Winterton Cong Orat and Mgr Dr Francis Davis in their distinguished furtherance of the Cause of Cardinal Newman cannot be disputed (Letter, July 5).

However, their achievements over several decades were often built on the capabilities of their colleagues, especially Gerard Tracy, the Newman archivist, who probably knew more about Newman than anyone else and was always reaching out to scholars and journalists from all over the world who seemed to have no idea of time zones.