The Sinner and the Saint

by Kenneth L. Woodward

If more of the old canonization system had been in place, the McCarrick Report would certainly have delayed John Paul II’s canonization.
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27 Nov 2020

Hawthorne’s Daughter

by Patricia Snow

In 1891, Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, daughter of the novelist ­Nathaniel Hawthorne, was received into the Catholic Church. She was forty years old. Within a few years of her conversion she conceived a heroic ministry to destitute cancer patients at a time when cancer was believed to be contagious. She . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2020

A Paper Church

by Julia Yost

John Henry Newman joined the Catholic Church on October 9, 1845, after concluding that the via media of Anglo-Catholicism, which he had sought for years to vindicate, existed only in theory, a dream of dons. He had constructed a “paper religion”; his notion of the Church of England . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2019

Letters From the Synod–2019: #4

Edited by Xavier Rynne II

We honor the memory of John Henry Newman, this newest of God’s saints, by imitating his courage, and the conviction that underwrote it.  Continue Reading »

14 Oct 2019

Newman’s Shocking Faith

by Dan Hitchens

The real meaning of “faith” can be discovered in the writings of John Henry Newman.  Continue Reading »

11 Oct 2019

Humble John Henry Newman

by Carl R. Trueman

For all of his intellectual brilliance, John Henry Newman had a humble concern for ordinary people. Continue Reading »

9 Oct 2019

Two False Newmans

by Matthew Schmitz

On October 13, Pope Francis will declare John Henry Newman a saint. Catholics from around the world will crowd St. ­Peter’s Square to see the greatest religious thinker of Victorian England raised to the altars. Amid the joy and apparent concord of that day, there will be at least two . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2019

Paul VI and the Canonization of Vatican II

by Jake Neu

By canonizing John XXIII, John Paul II, and Paul VI, Pope Francis is embracing Vatican II and the changes it wrought. Continue Reading »

12 Oct 2018

A Family of Saints

by William Doino Jr.

If there was one serene moment amidst all the ecclesiastical discord at the recent Synod in Rome, it was when Pope Francis canonized Therese of Lisieux’s parents, commending them to the faithful:The holy spouses Louis Martin and Marie-Azelie Guerin practiced Christian service in the family, . . . . Continue Reading »

26 Oct 2015

Junípero Serra

by Stephen Schwartz

On September 23, at a mass in Washington, DC, Pope Francis is scheduled to canonize Blessed Junípero Serra (1713-84), the Franciscan founder of the Spanish missions in California.Serra was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1988. Vatican representatives have pointed out that his sainthood will emphasize the diverse contributions to American identity of Hispanics and will recognize our Pacific as well as our Atlantic heritage. This point would seem to be politically significant at a moment when Republican Party leaders of Hispanic origin, like Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, and with Hispanic family relations—e.g. Jeb Bush—are vying for their party’s presidential nomination. Continue Reading »

20 May 2015