cardinal newman has been named as the first british saint of the modern age.wales in the vatican tomorrow, for the canonisation of the victorian priest and poet. joining me now is catherine pepinster, the former editor of the catholic weekly and the tablet. a little more about cardinal newman first of all. what did he do or what did he stand for? he had a very long and very interesting life. he began life as an anglican, a member of the church of england, a priest. he was an academic, a fellow at oxford. he decided through many years of thought and troubled thought that he should leave the church of england and become a catholic, which was controversial at the time in the victorian age. he lost friends. he lost the friendship of relatives even. but his canonisation tomorrow recognises that he was a very holy person, he was dedicated to god and to his fellow man. he was an author of many, many books but he was also a priest and then eventually became a priest and then eventually became a minister in birmingham. i imagine birmingham will be celebrating this day

cardinal newman has been named as the first british saint of the modern era.

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that‘s the parish where cardinal newman made his name as an assistant priest back in 1849.r us, because cardinal newman came here and worshipped in our church. and explain, you believe there is a family connection? that your relatives would potentially have met him whilst in the church? yes, i am the fourth generation of worshippers at holy trinity, and a lot of my family helped with the construction, the same as many parishioners. it was built brick by brick, they paid for each brick at the church and cardinal newman would have been administering to some of those a ncestors administering to some of those ancestors of mine and some of the parishioners there. can you give us the background and explain the significance of the work that cardinal newman did? it is quite specific, two miracles need to be declared for someone to be made a saint? yes, two miracles are attributed to him that there are a couple more we think may be attributed to him but they have never been proven. with the catholic church, we need irrefutable proof that these things happen and we have got it in two

john, later cardinal, newman tried to turn the clock back in the church of england, restoring some ofiefs and rituals which had existed before the english reformation and the split with rome. eventually, he converted instead. pope francis will preside, at a time when the catholic church is considering turning back the clock many centuries, to the days before priests were required to be unmarried and celibate. in terms of what he put this up to, —— what the pope is up to this is the strictly observing catholic tradition, the miracles that have to be recognised and approved before he could be made a saint. why is pope francis so willing to confront the traditionalists of the question of married priests? one thing i would point it about cardinal newman is that he was somebody who actually said he would drink to conscience first and the pope second. he was a great advocate of conscious being important. perhaps pope francis is thinking about what his consciousness telling him. we have had this great gathering in rome in recent days are people from the amazon, the synod of the amazon talkin

where we are right now at santa rosa medical center is not far from cardinal newman high school , which of course burns in 2017. as our photographer and i were headed this way, we saw in the neighborhood, officers going door-to-door with lights and sirens and loudspeakers, telling people that they need to evacuate right now. they are going door to door making sure people get out alive. in santa rosa, andria borba , kpix 5. second moments ago, we learned that all inmates at the north county detention facility in santa rosa have been evacuated. the sheriff say they are being hosted safely in alameda county. >>> the school district is causing all 24 schools on monday. the junior colleges following suit. the college of marin's two is will be closed. that will the cal state maritime academy. we have a full list puts it on her website kpix.com. this is the fire danger. thousands of pg&e customers in the bay area are in the dark. another round of public safety power outages is underway. it is affecting in total of nearly 1 million customers across 46 counties. here is how the outage numbers br

cardinal newman is the first english person born since the 17th century to be canonised, as john mcmanusprevious british saints who were violently martyred for their beliefs, cardinaljohn henry newman died in his bed rather than at the stake but like his saintly predecessors, his life is viewed by many catholics as an inspiration. today at the vatican, pope francis will confirm that newman, victorian who began life in the church of england and ended it as a catholic cardinal, is a saint. thousands of british catholics are expected at the ceremony, alongside members of the ceremony, alongside members of the church of england and the prince of, who has praised new men's work. newman eventually converted to catholicism and became a priest, a move which led to some friends and collea g u es move which led to some friends and colleagues opposing him. also he remained close to the poor of victorian england. the qualities he showed are universal. they are timeless. they are successful and only do good. his integrity, his friendship, his capacity for friendship, his capacity for friendship and l

it came after cardinal newman had a second miracle attributed to him earlier this year. who were canonised, including four women, during a mass at the vatican attended by the prince of wales. with all the sport now, here's karthi gna nasegram at the bbc sport centre. good evening. scotland's players have described their huge disappointment at being knocked out of the rugby union world cup. they lost an emotional match to the hosts, japan, who said they were motivated by families that had lost someone in the super typhoon that hit the area. japan played outstanding rugby to beat scotland by 28 points to 21 to progress to their first world cup quarterfinal. andy swiss reports from yokohama. just a few yards from the stadium, a reminder this was no ordinary rugby match. amid the flood water, it was somehow game on forjapan and scotland, but those affected by typhoon hagibis were soon in everyone's thoughts. after the silence, though, came the roar — first from scotland supporters as finn russell gave them the perfect start. but cheered on by the cherry and white, japan seem

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it came after cardinal newman had a second miracle attributed to him earlier this year.s among five people who were canonised, including four women, during a mass at the vatican attended by the prince of wales. injapan, the death toll from super typhoon hagibis has risen to at least 30 with another 15 people missing. the huge storm ripped across most of central and northern japan, causing record quantities of rain. our correspondent rupert wingfield hayes has travelled north of tokyo — where rescue efforts are still under way. this is the town of chikuma in the japanese alps. much of it now enveloped by brown, dirty floodwater. on saturday night, the levees burst. all day, the military has been racing to pluck those stranded from roofs and balconies. it is a story that has been repeated over and over. this afternoon, we made it to kawagoe, an hour north of tokyo. here, too, the rivers have burst their banks. this behind me is an old people's home, where 220 people were stranded last night when the flood waters came in here. you can see they're still taking people out 18

pepinster is the former editor of the catholic weekly and the tablet who expalined a bit more about cardinal newmane. he began life as an anglican, a member of the church of england, a priest. he was an academic, a fellow at oxford. he decided through many years of thought and troubled thought that he should leave the church of england and become a catholic, which was controversial at the time in the victorian age. he lost friends. he lost the friendship of relatives even over it. but his canonisation tomorrow recognises that he was a very holy person, he was dedicated to god and to his fellow man. he was an author of many, many books but he was also a priest and then eventually became a minister in birmingham. i imagine birmingham will be celebrating this day tomorrow. —— a cardinal administered to the paul and —— a cardinal administered to the pauland birmingham. catherine, thank you very much indeed. to mark national album day bbc radio two have revealed the list of the biggest albums in the 21st century. compiled by the official charts company, the chart is based on physical sales, downloads an

cardinal newman is the first english person born since the 17th century to be canonised, its just afteris... ? it is on, scotland against japan! we've heard which is... ? it is on, scotland againstjapan! we've heard from some scotla nd fa ns againstjapan! we've heard from some scotland fans this morning and they are delighted. they just scotland fans this morning and they are delighted. theyjust wanted the chance to play japan because as we know, it is a must win to get to the quarter—finals and good news for the organisers, because the integrity of the tournament was at threat if they we re the tournament was at threat if they were full stint to making that decision to cancel the match. —— forced into. this was the japan team at their training ground. it's the piggyback! grown men worried about getting their feet wet! look at how he shimmies along the side in a minute. these are the best ones, he's not getting his feet wet! you don't want wet feet when you're going out to training but you would think they would be ploughing through that water! let's hear from would be ploughing through

house, led by his royal and is the prince of wales, were at the holy seat for the canonisation of cardinal newmanup for religious freedom in all our foreign policy. i stand up for religious freedom in all ourforeign policy. i will give way with pleasure. thank you, mr speaker, i thank my right honourable friend for allowing me to intervene on him. i know my right honourable friend really cares about legacy prosecutions and what is happening to soldiers like dennis hutchence, but there was no mention in the queen‘s speech about looking after our veteran soldiers from northern ireland and i know my right honourable friend intends to do that, so what are we are going to do about it? because it is aided in the case of dennis. i am grateful to my honourable friend and he anticipates the point i am going to come to my remarks. but let me deal with it out of order, mr speaker, and say we will bring forward legislation to protect serving and former serving personnel. and as he will know, the consultation on that matter has just come to an end. i havejoined several important points of distinction between