The Cause of the Canonisation of John Henry Cardinal Newman

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The Oratorian Confederation has welcomed the announcement of Cardinal Newman’s Beatification in September 2010. Father Edoardo Cerrato, Procurator General of the Confederation, has written a letter to all the Congregations of the Oratory, which you can read here. Father Cerrato writes:

Newman belongs to those who seek the truth through the gift of human reason but [...]

It was announced this morning by the Holy See that Pope Benedict XVI will beatify John Henry Newman on 19th September 2010, during his visit to the U.K., in the Archdiocese of Birmingham. The Cause of Newman’s Canonisation has released the following statement:

The Fathers and many friends of the English Oratories are delighted by the [...]

The Superior General of the Passionist Congregation, Father Ottaviano D’Egidio, has published a letter looking forward to the Beatification of John Henry Newman later this year, highlighting the importance of Passionist Blessed Dominic Barberi (1792-1849) who received Newman into the Catholic Church in October 1845.
Blessed Dominic, who at an early age [...]

The Bishops of England and Wales marked the end of their ad limina visit to the Holy See with a Mass in the Church where John Henry Newman was ordained a Catholic priest.
On 3 February, the Archbishop of Westminster and the rest of the English hierarchy, accompanied by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, visited the Vatican Congregation [...]

Clifford Longley has written an interesting and provocative article on Canonisation (The Tablet January 9, print edition).
A key passage reads as follows:
The idea that God would demonstrate that a saint is truly in heaven by instantly healing someone’s fatal illness because he has been asked to by the said saint – who is in [...]

We reproduce here on the Cause site the address given yesterday by Pope Benedict XVI to the Bishops of England and Wales, at the end of their ad limina visit to Rome. In advance of his visit to England later this year, the Holy Father referred to Cardinal Newman as a model for all Catholics [...]

On 2nd February, the normal date for new appointments in the Oratory, Father Richard Duffield will become Actor for the Cause of Newman’s Canonisation and Provost of the Birmingham Oratory.