St. Cardinal John Henry Newman becomes Doctor of the Church

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — ALL SAINTS’ DAY IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH THIS YEAR WILL HAVE A NEW ASPECT TO IT: 19th-century theologian Cardinal John Henry Newman officially becomes a Doctor of the Church on Nov. 1, after Pope Leo XIV announced this in July .

Newman was an Anglican priest who became one of the founders of the Oxford Movement – named for its members’ association with the university – which involved High-Church clergy and members of the Church of England. The movement emphasized the inclusion of Catholicism into Anglican liturgy and eventually grew into Anglo-Catholicism.

Newman was also a devotee of the 16th-century St. Philip of Neri, who is also called the patron saint of joy, and who founded Oratories around Europe. Newman also founded the first English Oratorian commun