[johniegrad]

But Newman was certainly a dissident when it came to overbearing papal authority, creeping infallibility, the downgrading of the laity, the primacy of papal dogma over individual conscience.

No reason to be confused. The Times article demonstrates a total and complete misunderstanding of the concept of conscience.

[livius]

Newman was opposed to the idea of papal infallibility, but when the doctrine was proclaimed, he accepted it, although he didn’t like it. But that’s hardly a radical! However, the Times, as you say, does misunderstand the whole concept.