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St. John Henry Newman is added to the General Roman Calendar: What does it mean?

The English saint, proclaimed a doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIV in November 2025, is honored
St. Hildegard of Bingen | Credit: Public Domain

St. Hildegard of Bingen: A Medieval Woman Ahead of Her Time

St. Hildegard is a multifaceted figure—an abbess and thus a woman of power, as well as a mystic, philosopher, pharmacist, and physician. Above all, she is a holy woman
St. John Henry Newman near the end of his life, in 1887. | Credit: Babouba, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Pope Leo XIV to name St. John Henry Newman a patron saint of Catholic education

Pope Leo XIV will name St. John Henry Newman a patron saint of Catholic education in a document

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