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Saint John Henry Newman Installed
As 38th Doctor of the Church

Lou Giorgetti



Travels of Pope Benedict XVI: United Kingdom, 2010
Insert: Saint John Henry Newman
Scott 1488 (2011)

On Saturday, November 1 (All Saints' Day), a Mass was held in Saint Peter’s Square which included the proclamation of Saint John Henry Newman as the 38th “Doctor of the Church”. Pope Leo XIV presided over the ceremony which was attended by thousands of the faithful.

With a large portrait of the saint hanging from the facade of the basilica, and after a biography of Cardinal Newman was read, the Pope announced the following (in Latin):
“We, welcoming the desire of many brothers in the episcopate and many faithful throughout the world, after consulting the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, having given careful consideration and having reached a full and certain conviction, with the fullness of apostolic authority, declare Saint John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Universal Church.”
Please check out the two references below for additional details on the Mass, which include images from the ceremony.

REFERENCES:
  • Aleteia.org, November 1, 2025, Newman officially Doctor; education for ‘nothing less’ than holiness
  • The Holy See website (www.vatican.va), November 1, 2025, All Saints' Day – Holy Mass and proclamation of St. John Henry Newman as “Doctor of the Church”