Cardinal John Henry Newman declared a saint by the Pope

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Source: BBC

Cardinal Newman declared a saint by the Pope

Cardinal John Henry Newman has been declared a saint by the Roman Catholic Church at a ceremony in Rome.

The open-air service at the Vatican, celebrated by the Pope, was attended by tens of thousand of pilgrims.

Theologian and poet Newman, who died in Birmingham in 1890, is the first English person to be made a saint in almost 50 years.

The Prince of Wales joined the Mass in St Peter's Square, at which four women were also canonised.

Mother Mariam Thresia from India, Swiss Marguerite Bays, Mother Giuseppina Vannini from Italy and Brazilian-born Sister Dulce Lopes Pontes were also made saints at the Mass, celebrated by Pope Francis in Italian.

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Pope Francis led the open-air service in St Peter's Square, Rome, attended by tens of thousands (Reuters/Remo Casilli)


Prince of Wales attended the Mass to canonise 19th-century cardinal John Henry Newman (Reuters)


John Henry Newman is the first English saint since the Forty Martyrs, who were executed under laws enacted during the English Reformation and canonised in 1970 (Getty Images)