Saint Cardinal John Henry Newman

It might seem like our coming to Christ would make life much smoother and easier, but this is seldom true. Even the disciples thought that Our Lord would set up a political kingdom that would finally make things right. They had no idea that He and they were progressing toward martyrdom.  Christ does not offer […]

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The saints are the friends of God, and devotion to them brings us into deeper friendship with God.

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The reality of linguistic change in the early Church’s teaching forced Newman to wrestle with the issue of development of doctrine.

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Like John Henry Newman at Oxford, Charlie Kirk called Christians to take their faith seriously and to get involved in the important matters surrounding them.

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Freedom is not a problem; it is a gift of God. In giving us freedom, God gave us the ability to love. To know how to love, He gave us conscience, that voice of God that draws man toward God, according to Newman. But conscience, like a muscle, is not fully formed at birth. It must be sculpted and developed into maturity. 

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St. John Henry Newman warns that this first natural inclination towards God can either be nurtured and tended or it can be stifled.

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St. John Henry Newman explains conscience in terms of children's awareness of what is good or wrong.

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Fisher, More, Newman knew that the centrality of conscience is not located in the supreme self but rather in submission to eternal truth.

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The moral conscience is a dictate of reason, the voice of God who as Creator speaks to the mind and heart of man.

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Today, July 31, 2025, the Vatican published the wonderful news that Pope Leo XIV has approved the future declaration of St. John Henry Newman as doctor of the Church. We are delighted with this news and wanted to share with you even if you learned about it earlier today. We have already posted some blog […]

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