A new Doctor of the Church

Last Saturday, February 21, 2015, the Holy Father, Pope Francis received His Eminence, Cardinal Angelo Amato, SDB, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in a private audience.

During that audience, the Holy Father confirmed the affirmative decision of the Plenary Session of Cardinals and Bishops who are members of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints regarding the title of Doctor of the Church which will soon be conferred upon Saint Gregory of Narek, a Monastic Priest who was born in Andzevatsik (Armenia, now the territory of Turkey) around the year 950 A.D., and died in Narek (Armenia, now the territory of Turkey) around the year 1005.

The title Doctor of the Church is rarely conferred upon Saints of the Church, usually because of the orthodoxy of their teaching, and their holiness of life.