Overview
- Celebrated on All Saints’ Day during the Jubilee for the World of Education, the Vatican Mass formally made Newman the 38th Doctor of the Church.
- Pope Leo also appointed him co‑patron of the Church’s educational mission alongside St. Thomas Aquinas.
- An official Church of England delegation led by Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell attended, underscoring Newman's ecumenical stature and recent shared prayer in the Sistine Chapel with King Charles III.
- The proclamation builds on an apostolic letter this week that cited Newman while urging schools to form students for human dignity and to guide the use of technology, including artificial intelligence, ethically.
- Irish bishops supported the petition to the Dicastery for the Causes of the Saints, noting Newman's years as first rector of the Catholic University of Ireland in Dublin and his enduring impact on Catholic education.