In a message sent to the Discalced Carmelites, Pope Francis said that St. Teresa of Avila serves as a model and guide "of ... "Saint Teresa is above all teacher of prayer", he wrote. "Central in her ...

Saint Francis de Sales Oratory (St. Louis ... His father had great ambitions for his eldest of six children and guided his education toward a career in law. However, Francis dreamed of becoming ...

Donna Grimes was eagerly anticipating her 12th birthday when chaos erupted in her hometown of Washington, D.C.

Pope Francis on Tuesday added the Sept. 5 feast of St. Teresa of Calcutta to the Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar as an ...

The September 5 memorial of St. Teresa of Calcutta will now appear in the Church’s calendars and liturgical texts with specific prayers and readings to be used at Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours.

The leader of the nation's Catholic bishops has commended Pope Francis' move to extend to the universal Catholic Church the ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has added the feast day of St. Teresa of Kolkata, a “beacon of hope” and an example of loving service to the poorest of the poor, to the General Roman Calendar so ...

5 feast of their founder, St. Teresa of Kolkata ... The archbishop also quoted then-Mother Teresa's address during the 1994 National Prayer Breakfast, urging all to "listen anew to the words she spoke ...

Doves have shared their buoyant new single ‘Saint Theresa’ and have ... Goodwin sings “Her fingers are in Avila / Her jawbone is in Rome / Saint Teresa / With your body in different places ...

St. Teresa’s Academy has been a fixture in education since the 1860s—first with its building in Kansas City’s downtown and ...