Venerable John Henry Newman’s Cause for Canonization Advances

(3 July 09 - RV) Pope Benedict XVI met today with Cardinal Angelo Amato, Prefect for the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. During the meeting the Holy authorized the Congregation to promulgate decrees on 12 men and women on the path to sainthood. Among them, the Holy Father approved the promulgation of decrees on miracles attributed to the Venerable Servant of God John Henry Newman, Cardinal, and founder of the Oratorians. Veronica Scarisbrick sheds light on the figure of Cardinal Newman…