US bishops express support to name St John Henry Newman doctor of the Church

US bishops express support to name St John Henry Newman doctor of the Church Cardinal John Henry Newman. Photo: Vatican News

Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, was one of several US bishops who spoke passionately in support this week of a proposal to name the 19th Century English cardinal St John Henry Newman a “doctor of the Church”. The US bishops’ Committee on Doctrine asked the country’s body of bishops November 15, during their annual fall…

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