Taipei, Taiwan, Oct 30, 2025 / 07:00 am

St. John Henry Newman has inspired many “Newman converts” to follow his path of conversion from Protestantism to Catholicism, including a 24-year-old Taiwanese man who is an ardent devotee of the 19th-century English saint.

When Kao Chih Hao, a recent convert to Catholicism living in Taipei, heard the news that Pope Leo XIV had decided to name Newman a doctor of the Church, he said the announcement moved him deeply.

“After hearing this news, I almost cried,” Kao said. “It’s the happiest news for me in this year since I admire him so much.”

Kao, who works in sales for a computer hardware manufacturer and goes by the English name “Newman” after his favorite saint, spoke recently after Sunday Mass at Holy Rosary Parish in Taipei about how St. John H

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