From the Institute
News, tributes, lectures, series, and milestones from the National Institute for Newman Studies.
On All Saints Day 2025, Pope Leo XIV declared Newman the 38th Doctor of the Universal Church and co-patron of Catholic education — NINS was there, from the Gregorian symposium to the papal mass.
Pope Leo XIV has confirmed that St. John Henry Newman will be declared a Doctor of the Universal Church — a recognition NINS helped advance through years of international scholarly collaboration.
What does the Church mean when she names a Doctor of the Church? An introduction to the title now borne by St. John Henry Newman, only the thirty-eighth in the Church's history.
Between rationalism and fideism, Newman charted a remarkable synthesis of faith, reason, conscience, and truth — a witness Pope St. John Paul II commended to our age.
How Newman's account of the development of doctrine reveals the unity of faith as a living body — with Pope Francis on tradition's power to assimilate everything it meets.
Newman on the sensus fidelium: why the whole people of God, united in belief and life, bear witness to the truth of Christ.
Newman's vision of education as moral and intellectual formation 'under one roof' — an ethos that continues to shape Catholic schools and universities today.
Rooted in Sacred Scripture and the Church Fathers, Newman's thought retains its originality and value — from the Oxford Movement to his Catholic ecumenical legacy.
Newman's questions — ecumenism, the laity, conscience, the Church in the modern world — anticipated the Second Vatican Council, as Pope St. Paul VI recognized.
The NINS Digital Collections has passed 50,000 published archival items — letters, sermons, photographs, and musical scores across 25 collections — with hundreds of thousands of canvases now freely searchable online.
During a royal visit to the Birmingham Oratory, King Charles III toured Newman's church, shrine, and library, paying tribute to England's first Doctor of the Church since the Venerable Bede.
Pope Leo XIV has confirmed that St. John Henry Newman will be declared a Doctor of the Universal Church — a recognition NINS helped advance through years of international scholarly collaboration.
A conversation with Grant Kaplan on his book Faith and Reason through Christian History (CUA Press, 2022), discussing its genesis and its implications for theology today.
Phillip R. Sloan remembers Mary Katherine Tillman (1940–2022) of Notre Dame's Program of Liberal Studies, one of Newman scholarship's most distinguished and creative voices.
Dr. Kenneth L. Parker remembers Fr. John T. Ford, C.S.C. (1932–2021) — beloved teacher, mentor, and giant of Newman Studies — who died on 29 December 2021 at Notre Dame.
Professor Eamon Duffy of Cambridge University delivers the Collegium Institute's 2021 Newman Lecture via Zoom, exploring Newman's lifelong commitment to the centrality of dogma to authentic Christianity.
A multimedia presentation on how technology is changing the way archivists store, search, and share large digital archives, with real-world examples from the NINS Digital Collections.
Shaun Blanchard, author of The Synod of Pistoia and Vatican II, joins NINS as Senior Research Fellow, bringing expertise in Newman, conciliarism, and Catholic reform.
NINS announces the appointment of Dr. Christopher Cimorelli — Newman scholar, author, and former theology chair at Caldwell University — as its new Director and Associate Editor of the Newman Studies Journal.
A tribute to theologian Michael J.G. Pahls (1971–2019), remembered through Pope Francis's portrait of the theologian as filiated, believing, and rooted in the people of the church.
In the Press
Theology Research News · November 10, 2025
Newman Declared Doctor of the Universal Church: A Triumph for Faith and Thought
Jesuitical Podcast · November 7, 2025
Meet John Henry Newman, the church’s newest doctor
The Tablet · November 1, 2025
Pope Leo XIV declares St John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church
