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Quotes of the week

"we see so much ambiguity … it would seem many would promote it as a new mark of the catholic church: one, holy, catholic, apostolic and amb...

Meanwhile: Lionel Ritchie at the Vatican

the amazon synod may end on october 27, but for those who can’t get enough of vatican events concerning the region, a christmas concert will...

The big story: John Henry Newman declared a saint

what happened? john henry newman has been declared the first non-martyr english saint since the 14th century. at a mass of canonisation in t...

A new history of Christianity that upends Edward Gibbon

dominion by tom holland little, brown, 624pp, £25/$32 the romans are the most “epic” figures in history, as my son says about anything aweso...

The anti-Catholic bigot who provoked a spiritual masterpiece

in 1863 john henry newman was sent a copy of an article that attacked his character. it had been written by charles kingsley, the popular no...

The Catholic Herald

The glory and the awkwardness of Newman's first trip to Rome after his conversion

when john henry newman travels to rome as the church’s most famous convert in october 1846, the vatican offers him a freshly decorated apart...

David Twiston Davies

'Ignorance imperils our democracy': College presidents on the mission of education

as students get settled in during these first few weeks on campus, new catholic college presidents are adjusting too. i recently spoke to th...

How Ireland changed Newman

while john henry newman is regarded as the most english of saints, his story is intimately connected to ireland. it is perhaps inevitable th...

The Catholic Herald

The courtroom hug that showed Christianity in action

i can entirely understand why some people thought brandt jean shouldn’t forgive amber guyger. guyger killed his brother. on september 6, 201...

The saint whose life was 'a history of failures'

john henry newman’s life can well be described as one of continual failures, if only because that was how he saw it. “all through life thing...