Prince of Wales to Attend Newman Canonisation

The Tablet (UK) ^ | 9/13/19 | Christopher Lamb

[marshmallow]

The Prince of Wales is the highest-ranking royal who could have attended the occasion

The Prince of Wales will travel to Rome to attend the ceremony where John Henry Newman is to be declared a saint.

Clarence House confirmed today that Prince Charles is going to be present in St Peter’s Square on 13 October 2019 when Pope Francis canonises Cardinal Newman, making him the first English non-martyr saint since the reformation.

As the Queen no longer travels abroad, the Prince of Wales is the highest-ranking royal who could have attended the occasion.

Following the canonisation ceremony, the prince will attend a reception at the Collegio Urbano, part of the Pontifical Urban University, and the institution where Newman studied to become a Catholic priest. When Newman was training the college was located in what is now the offices of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, known as Propaganda Fide.

The canonisation of Cardinal Newman, who lived from 1801 to 1890, is remarkable given his journey from Anglican priest to cardinal of the Roman Church, while his hymns, poetry and theology have made a global contribution to the canon of Christian literature and spirituality.

[rktman]

Huh? Nueman was an okay mailman but this is like obxxx getting the no-bell piece prize? :-)

[VietVet876]

The Prince of Wales has lost his tails Wales Tails three!

[Fiji Hill]

Once when Newman was sailing from Italy to England, the wind stopped blowing, and the sailing ship on which he was traveling found itself stuck in the middle of the Bonifacio Strait between Corsica and Sardinia. While waiting for the wind to pick up, he wrote the hymn Lead, Kindly Light.

[dougherty]

Haha, that Newman was the first one that popped into my mind when I read the title.

[miliantnutcase]

I thought the Prince of Whales was sunk by Japanese torpedoes in the Pacific...