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  John Henry Cardinal Newman will be beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in the Archdiocese of Birmingham on 19 September 2010. This great Victorian Catholic theologian, much loved the world over, will be declared "Blessed". The miracle required for Cardinal Newman's beatification was officially recognised by the Holy See on 3 July 2009. Biography Born in 1801, baptised in the Church of England, Newman became a Fellow of...

  Pope Benedict XVI will visit England and Scotland on a four-day Papal visit from 16-19 September 2010. Thursday 16 September When Pope Benedict arrives in the UK, he will visit Scotland where he will be received by Her Majesty The Queen, members of the Royal Family and people representing British society in the Palace of Holyrood House in Edinburgh. Having met the Queen, the Pope will travel to Glasgow where he...

  Message of His Holiness Benedict XVI for the XVIII World Day of the Sick. Dear Brothers and Sisters, The 18th World Day of the Sick will be celebrated in the Vatican Basilica next 11 February, the liturgical Memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes. Its felicitous coincidence with the 25th anniversary of the Institution of the Pontifical Council for Health-Care Workers is another reason to thank God for the ground covered so...

  The Most Rev Bernard Longley, formerly an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Westminster, has been Installed as the ninth Archbishop of Birmingham. The Mass and Installation took place at the Metropolitan Cathedral and Basilica of Saint Chad on 8 December 2009 - Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception and one of the patronal feasts of the Archdiocese (St Chad being the other). The appointment was announced by the Holy...