“Cardinal Paul Newman” … “pre-empted many of the modernising reforms of the Second Vatican Council of the 1960s.”
What about Cardinal Robert Redford and his role?
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"It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it." GKC
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Okay, I’ll admit right now that anything with “Cardinal Robert Redford” will make me stop in my tracks and smile.
Is it good or bad that good-looking Catholic clergy are meant to be celibate?
Sheesh. And I thought they way people keep confusing him with St. John Neumann was bad !
From the article:
Father Ker said, “As soon as he is canonised he will definitely be made a theological ‘doctor of the Church’ and he will be seen as a doctor of this period we are living in.
Isn’t that overstating the case just a tad? The church is rather stingy with the title “doctor of the church,” and rightfully so. Hasn’t the title been reserved for saints who arguably saved the church from heresy?
I’m not making the case against Cardinal Neumann’s sainthood; I’m wondering if it’s prudent to call him a “doctor of the church,” much the same way as I cringe at calling JP II “John Paul the Great,” which is an even rarer title (3 times, I believe: Albert, Gregory, and Leo) than “doctor of the church.”
Andy : It’s not “Cardinal Neumann”, it’s “Cardinal Newman. ” The full title is ” Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman, C.O. “
St . John Neumann was not a cardinal – he was the Archbishop of Philadelphia . His name should really pronounced “Noy-mann”, as it was from his German father. (I believe his mother was Slovak. )
He was a Redemptorist.
Venerable John Henry Newman was a ‘curial cardinal ‘, not a bishop. Due to his advanced age when he was elevated, (78), the Holy Father was kind enough to let him stay with his community in England rather than making him move to Rome.
He was an Oratorian. His name and ancestry were English, except for some French Calvinist ancestors on his mother’s side.