The Fame of Blessed Thomas More Gordon (George MacDonald)

(George MacDonald)

and—as evidenced by his 2015 canonization—a saintly heart

Edward Leen (1885–1944)

Yet our miserable state can only call forth such a liberal manifestation of His tender mercy

the Pope writes

The Fame of Blessed Thomas More Gordon (George MacDonald)Sir Thomas More was raised to the altars of sainthood by Pope Pius XI in 1935, the fourth centenary of his martyrdom. Four hundred years to receive formal recognition of what evidently was well known all along: that Sir Thomas More of Chelsea, martyred under King Henry VII for his refusal to take the Oath of Supremacy, was a faithful servant of the Church and true saint of God. In 1929, seven of the leading men of the English Catholic Church gathered