If St. Teresa Benedicta is named a doctor of the Church, she would join 37 other saints with that title, four of whom are women: St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), pictured in 1938-1939.

There are currently 37 doctors of the Church, four women and 33 men, spanning the course of Church history, from Irenaeus of Lyon in the third century to Thérèse of Lisieux in the 19th century. It is ...

Pope Leo XIV leaves after presiding over Mass with participants in the Jubilee of the Educational World on the Solemnity of All Saints, in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, on Nov. 1 during which he ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — St. John Henry Newman’s teachings on the development of theology and the centrality of conscience have deeply influenced the Catholic Church. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV ...

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — ALL SAINTS’ DAY IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH THIS YEAR WILL HAVE A NEW ASPECT TO IT: 19th-century theologian Cardinal John Henry Newman officially becomes a Doctor of the Church on ...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Leo XIV on Saturday bestowed one of the Catholic Church's highest honors on St. John Henry Newman, the deeply influential 19th- century British convert and theologian, declaring ...

Tomorrow, Nov. 1, Pope Leo XIV will officially proclaim St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the church. The pope's namesake, Leo XIII, created Newman a cardinal in 1879. In 2019 in a Mass at the Vatican ...