ROME Pope Francis has commended the “little greatness” of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux in a new message focusing on the 19th-century Carmelite’s relevance for the Church today. Saint Thérèse’s “genius consists in leading us to what is central, essential and indispensable,” the pope wrote in an apostolic letter published on October 15. The young saint, whose
Though 2023 marks 150 years since Thérèse’s birth and 100 years since her beatification, the message was published on the liturgical feast of the Spanish myst.
St. Thérèse of Lisieux. / Credit: Public domain
Rome Newsroom, Oct 15, 2023 / 05:55 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has commended the “little greatness” of St. Thérèse of Lisieux in a new message focusing on the 19th-century Carmelite’s relevance for th.