The news was announced by the Vatican shortly after Pope Leo's July 31 audience with the prefect of the Dicastery for the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV decided Thursday to declare St. John Henry Newman a “doctor” of the church, bestowing one of ...

British Saint John Henry Newman will soon be declared a Doctor of the Universal Church, the Vatican announced on Thursday.

St. John Henry Newman’s teachings on the development of theology and the centrality of conscience have deeply influenced the ...

Pope Leo XIV has bestowed St. John Henry Newman, the influential 19th-century Anglican convert, with the honor of "Doctor of ...

In its daily bulletin this morning, the Vatican said, “On 31 July 2025, the Holy Father Leo XIV received in audience His Eminence Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, ...

Theologians, historians, priests, and other Catholic scholars extol the contributions to theology, philosophy, and education ...

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday approved the decision to declare St. John Henry Newman the 38th doctor of the universal Church.

It is heartening to know that a Saint played a pivotal role in shaping one of the most influential books of the past two ...

The title “doctor of the Church” recognizes those canonized men and women who possessed profound knowledge, were superb teachers, and contributed to the Church’s theology.

Until after the Second Vatican Council, which met from 1962 to 1965 and initiated significant modern reforms in the church, all doctors of the church were men – usually bishops or priests.