Conrad Black had an interesting piece in the National Post last Saturday on Cardinal John Henry Newman. Black wrote about the tremendous importance Newman's beatification brings to the Christian world.
Black also wrote that Cardinal Newman will be the first "Englishman recognized by the Roman Catholic Church as a saint since the 17th Century." (He may well be one day, but Cardinal Newman won't be canonized - recognized as a saint - on this trip, he will only be beatified.) Nevertheless, Cardinal Newman's beatification is significant for England.
Later this month Pope Benedict XVI will visit England and Scotland for four days from Sept. 16 to 19. (An official website has been set up for his trip and it's a pretty good resource.) This will be the first papal visit to Britain since Pope John Paul II's six-day tour in 1982.
The ceremony for Cardinal Newman is set for Pope Benedict's last day in England. From the official visit site:
"John Henry Cardinal Newman will be beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in the Archdiocese of Birmingham on 19 September 2010. This great Victorian Catholic theologian, much loved the world over, will be declared "Blessed". The miracle required for Cardinal Newman’s beatification was officially recognised by the Holy See on 3 July 2009."
Locally in the Archdiocese of Vancouver, Archbishop Miller will celebrate a special Mass for the Beatification of Cardinal Newman at St. Ignatius of Antioch Parish in Vancouver at 10 a.m. on the same day the ceremony will take place in Archdiocese of Birmingham.
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