A surprising amount of my downtime as a lay missionary in Burma was spent playing chess with kids. I’m hardly what anyone would call a “chess master.” I’m more of a “chess booster.” I like the game.

The silver coffin of St. Teresa of Ávila was opened in Alba de Tormes Aug. 28 only to confirm her body has remained incorrupt since her death in 1582. The opening of her tomb marks the beginning of a ...

Saint Teresa of Avila continues to fascinate both the Catholic faithful and people from various walks of life. From fashion designer Manolo Blahnik to dictator Francisco Franco, who kept a relic of ...

OPENING of the silver tomb of St. Teresa of Ávila; portrait of St. Teresa of Ávila. The Diocese of Ávila in Spain reported on August 28, 2024, that the body of St. Teresa of Ávila, a doctor of the ...

Over 90,000 pilgrims flocked to Alba de Tormes, Spain, May 11-25, to venerate the incorrupt body of St. Teresa of Ávila — marking just the third public exposition of her relics since her death on Oct.

ALBA DE TORMES, Spain (AP) — They lined up to see her, silent and wonderstruck: Inside an open silver casket was Saint Teresa of Ávila, more than 440 years after her death. Catholic worshippers have ...

The silver coffin of St. Teresa of Ávila was opened in Alba de Tormes Aug. 28 only to confirm her body has remained incorrupt since her death in 1582. The opening of her tomb marks the beginning of a ...

The new St. Teresa of Ávila Prayer Garden at Boston College, which memorializes a Carmelite nun and important religious reformer, was formally dedicated at ceremonies led by University President ...

On October 15th the Roman Catholic Church will celebrate the feast of Saint Teresa of Jesus, also known as Saint Teresa of Avila. This Spanish Carmelite nun was as reformer, mystic and doctor of the ...

Pope Francis has hailed St. Teresa of Ávila as exemplar of courage and spiritual motherhood in a letter marking fifty years since the 16th century Spanish mystic was declared the first female Doctor ...

In a decree signed on Dec. 14, Pope Francis authorized the beatification of Ana de Lobera y Torres (1545-1621), who helped to expand the Discalced Carmelites to France and Belgium. Also declared ...

Multiple generations of students have attended St. Teresa of Avila Catholic School, which is raising funds for a new facility adjacent to its church property. The effort is not lost on current ...