Pope Francis opened the Extraordinary Missionary Month Tuesday invoking St. Therese of Liseux, the patron saint of missionaries. "Saint Therese of the Child Jesus shows us the way: she made prayer the ...

We tend to shellac our saints, which is probably inevitable once we put them on a pedestal. It is not that they do not deserve the height; it is that, from down here, they are harder to see in their ...

Before beginning the audience, Francis venerated the relics of St. Therese in a moment of silent prayer. He also placed a single, white rose on the table in front of the reliquary. Pope Francis prayed ...

Pope Francis uses incense to venerate an image of St. Thérèse of Lisieux during a prayer vigil in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 1, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) VATICAN CITY (CNS) — St.

Pope Francis uses incense to venerate an image of St. Thérèse of Lisieux during a prayer vigil in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 1, 2019. (Credit: Paul Haring/CNS.) Listen ROME – Pope ...

Today, there are nine sisters and one American postulant in the order, all looking to St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and St. Benedict for spiritual guidance. The Little Sisters, Disciples of the Lamb, ...

One of Pope Francis’ last gestures before undergoing abdominal surgery on Wednesday was to pray before a relic of St. Thérèse of Lisieux. A relic of the French Carmelite nun, also known as St. Thérèse ...