Beatification of Cardinal Newman "imminent" Vatican says
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Vatican City, Jan 8, 2008 / 05:16 pm (CNA).- Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, Prefect of the Vatican's Congregation for the Cause of the Saints, has announced that the beatification of the great British convert and scholar, Cardinal John Henry Newman, is "imminent."

In an interview to be published on Wednesday in the daily Italian edition of L'Osservatore Romano, Cardinal Saraiva said that among the most important personalities to be beatified "soon" is "the case of Cardinal Newman, a relevant intellectual, and an emblematic figure of conversion from Anglicanism to Catholicism."

"Personally, I wish his beatification to happen very soon because it would be very important at this moment for the path of ecumenical dialogue,” Cardinal Martins said.

Cardinal Saraiva Martins also revealed the beatification, latter this year, of the parents of St, Therese of Lisieux, Louis Martin and Azelia Guérin. The heroic virtues of the parents of St. Therese, who is now one of the most popular saints in the Catholic Church and a Doctor of the Church, were proclaimed on March 26, 1994.

Cardinal Saraiva implied that the miracle needed to proclaim them Blessed has been approved by his congregation, and will be announced at the next Consistory.

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Published by: Fermin
Peru 01/20/2008 08:02 PM EST
De acuerdo. El único camino de salvación es la conversión a la Iglesia Católica. Pero para ello elevemos oraciones insistentes al Señor para que vuelvan al único redil todos aquellos que se hallan fuera de la Iglesia.
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Published by: Steve
NY 01/11/2008 08:54 AM EST
Right. Ecumenism, while obtusely described in the Vatican II docs, can only mean the conversion of heretics to the one, true Roman Catholic faith. There is no salvation outside the Catholic Church.
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Published by: Roberto Alvarez-Perez
USA 01/10/2008 01:18 PM EST
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Even though I am personally happy with the beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman, I do not understand how his beatification can be that important for "ecumenical dialogue."
Cardinal Newman is a good example of true ecumenism. He renounced the error of Anglicanism and converted to the true and only Church founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Ecumenism as it is preached today is the acceptance that all religions are good and lead us to Heaven.
Why did Cardinal Newman convert to Catholicism? With today's standards he would have been safe as an Anglican.
If we use Cardinal Newman for any ecumenical dialogue, it is obvious that those who belong to any religious sect have to renounce their errors and heresies, and enter the Catholic Church
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