Pope Leo XIV has announced that he will declare St John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church on 1 November, during celebrations for the Jubilee of the World of Education.
The announcement was made on 28 September in St Peter’s Square at the conclusion of Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists. Right before the Angelus, the Pope said: “I have the joy of announcing that on 1 November, in the context of the Jubilee of World Education, I will confer the title of Doctor of the Church on Saint John Henry Newman.”
