Pope agrees Cardinal Newman miracle

The pope put Cardinal John Newman, the influential 19th-century Anglican convert, on the path to possible sainthood today by approving a miracle attributed to his intercession.

Cardinal Newman, a hero to many Anglicans and Roman Catholics alike, can now be beatified. A second miracle is necessary for him to be declared a saint – an event which, if it happens, would make him the first English-born saint since the Reformation.