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Papua New Guinea Catholics celebrate nation’s first saint
Papua New Guinea’s Cardinal John Ribat has hailed St Peter To Rot, the island nation’s first and only indigenous saint, as a witness to the country’s turbulent past and a sign of holiness for the present. Source: UCA News.
Calls to view the world through a ‘Newman lens’
The head of the English archdiocese where St John Henry Newman lived and worked has joined in appeals for the saint’s teachings to be used more imaginatively in education and evangelisation. Source: OSV News.
Papal step advances sainthood cause for Mary Glowrey
The cause for sainthood for Australian-born doctor and missionary in India Mary Glowrey has advanced after Pope Leo XIV recognised her “heroic virtues” on Friday. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
Everything’s rosy in Pope’s Garden
A garden created to commemorate the visit of St John Paul II to Blacktown in Western Sydney has been given a new lease on life by Blacktown City Council’s Greenspace team. Source: Catholic Outlook.
Sainthood cause for ‘Little Mother’ takes big step
The cause of the Servant of God Eileen O’Connor, the “Little Mother”, has taken another step forward. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Pope declares St John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church
Pope Leo XIV formally declared Saint John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church on Saturday, giving him one of Catholicism’s most prestigious titles and touting him as an example of intellectual sanctity. Source: Crux.
Notre Dame lecturer helped make case for St John Henry Newman
University of Notre Dame Australia’s theology lecturer Shaun Blanchard was one of 20 scholars from around the world invited to write in support of St John Henry Newman being made a Doctor of the Church.
Newman to be named patron saint of Catholic education
Pope Leo XIV will name St John Henry Newman a patron saint of Catholic education in a document to be published next week for the 60th anniversary of Gravissimum Educationis, the Second Vatican Council’s declaration on Christian education. Source: CNA.
Artist sought to convey new saint’s ‘bright inner light’
The Spanish artist who painted the official portrait of St Peter To Rot that was hung on the façade of St Peter’s Basilica says the work is the culmination of a life dedicated to reflecting the light of faith in art. Source: CNA.