TODAY: Cardinal Newman’s 1st feast since becoming Doctor of the Church

The Church celebrates the feast day of St. John Henry Newman on October 9. This marks the first time the feast is observed since Newman was named a Doctor of the Church.

Unlike many saints whose feast days coincide with their death, Newman's feast day commemorates the date he was received into the Catholic Church. Born in London in 1801, the cardinal later died in Birmingham in 1890.