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 ...

The grocery stores are brimming with cards heralding the arrival of Valentine’s Day. Many cards speak of romantic love, but there is another kind of affection rarely mentioned in our society. It is ...

In one of the littlest towns, in the littlest state, stands America's first shrine to the saint known as the “Little Flower of Jesus.” The Little Flower, of course, is St. Thérèse of Lisieux—newest ...

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 ...