The American woman whose miraculous healing at the point of death led to the canonisation of St John Henry Newman has added her voice to calls for the Victorian cardinal to be declared a Doctor of the Church.
Melissa Villalobos said she supported the move by the U.S. bishops join the bishops of England and Wales in petitioning Pope Francis to confer the accolade on the saint, who was canonised by Holy Father in October 2019.
Mrs Villalobos, a lawyer from Chicago, said: “Newman‘s tireless defence of the faith continues today, not only as our intercessor in Heaven but through his numerous writings, where he gives us his insight into the mysteries of the kingdom.
