The city of Ávila is preparing to celebrate the solemnity of Saint Teresa of Jesus, its patron saint, on October 15, with a ...

The Sept. 5 feast of St. Teresa of Kolkata — better known as Mother Teresa — was celebrated in a simple and somber manner at the Missionaries of Charity motherhouse in Kolkata, India, with hundreds of ...

Introducing my Matron Saint, Teresa of Avila. She was many things, but above all, she was her whole self. She invites us to celebrate and live fully into all the sacred and diverse parts of our selves ...

The saint’s legacy remains alive and vibrant in the Indian city where she founded the Missionaries of Charity to serve the poorest of the poor. Clockwise from left: Archbishop Thomas D'Souza lights a ...

St. Teresa of Calcutta, or "Mother Teresa," is often held up as a symbol of selflessness and extreme devotion to charity. As the founder of the Missionaries of Charity and recipient of numerous awards ...

Sometimes it can be confusing when a saint is known by two names that are completely different and unrelated. Which one is correct? Edith Stein was born October 12, 1891, into a Jewish family. However ...

The Life of Saint Teresa of Ávila is termed an “autohagiography,” a self-justification of saintliness, by Carlos Eire, a professor of history and religious studies at Yale University. Titled El Libro ...

(RNS) — Most human beings living in the last quarter of the 20th century knew Mother Teresa by name and appearance and could identify her as the saint of the gutters of Calcutta. She was regularly ...

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 ...

Mother Teresa, the Roman Catholic nun who spent much of her life giving aid to India's poor, was declared a saint on Sunday in a canonization Mass led by Pope Francis. The Pope addressed the thronging ...