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John Henry Newman (1801–90) was an Anglican priest who converted to Roman Catholicism in 1845. After many years of service to the Catholic Church, and especially to Catholic higher education, he was given the honorific title of cardinal in 1879. In 2019, Newman was declared a Catholic saint. While many religious converts demonize their past, telling stories about moving from falsehood and confusion to new and absolute truth, Newman was different. For him, life was an unpredictable journey. He believed that human beings typically move toward truth slowly, haltingly, and indirectly. When Newman was asked to help establish a new Catholic University in Ireland, this concept of slowly unfolding truth was central to his vision of Catholic higher education.