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Cardinal Newman's birthday was marked this past weekend.
A few days earlier, Rome had announced the upcoming canonization of six more saints. Cardinal Newman wasn't among them.
As of this past October, John Paul II had created 476 new saints. With so many canonized, why, one wonders, hasn't Cardinal Newman yet been made a saint, let alone a Doctor of the Church?
The city of Birmingham in England has been literally hoping for a miracle that would lead to Cardinal Newman's canonization, the Evening Mail reported on Feb. 20:
Birmingham could soon have its very own saint - if city church leaders can convince the Roman Catholic hierarchy that a genuine miracle has taken place.
The nominee is the Venerable Cardinal John Henry Newman, who founded the Birmingham Oratory and whose legacy can still be seen around Birmingham.
But before he can be canonised the Church must rule that a miracle connected with Newman actually happened.
Tomorrow they will meet to decide if an unexplained event, details of which are not being revealed at the moment, passes the miracle test.
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