Deacon Jack Sullivan says two other people were healed of serious illnesses after he touched them with a lock of Newman’s hair
Newman’s beatification will give a new momentum to ecumenism, says Fr John McCloskey
The travellers, from Ireland, say they hope to be blessed by the Pope but do not have tickets for the Mass
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