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John Henry Newman as an elderly cardinal in red, painted by John Everett Millais
John Everett Millais, John Henry Newman, 1881. Public domain.

St John Henry Newman

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John Henry Newman was born in London in 1801. An Anglican priest and a leader of the Oxford Movement, he became a Catholic, wrote widely on faith and conscience, and was later made a cardinal. He chose as his motto "Cor ad cor loquitur", Heart speaks to heart. He died in 1890. Pope Francis canonized him in 2019, and Pope Leo XIV declared him a Doctor of the Church on 1 November 2025. His feast is October 9. Light a free candle for students and anyone searching for the truth. St John Henry Newman, pray for us.

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