Newman becomes a Doctor of the Church amid England’s ‘spiritual wasteland’

Newman’s call for each one of us to remember the true meaning of life on earth is very apt.

Once more the complex relationship England has with the Catholic Church was thrust into the global spotlight at the Vatican this weekend, with Pope Leo XIV’s formal proclamation of St. John Henry Newman as a Doctor of the Church.

St. John Henry Newman’s banner at the Vatican. ©Michael Haynes

If the state visit of King Charles III just days ago was not eno…