My family was blessed with having three sisters not only in blood-relation, but in religion. Three of my great aunts became nuns: Sr. Mary Di Camillo, FMA (d. 1999), Sr. Ann Dolores Di Camillo, OSF (d ...

ALBA DE TORMES, Spain (OSV News) — The silver coffin of St. Teresa of Ávila was opened in Alba de Tormes Aug. 28 only to confirm her body has remained incorrupt since her death in 1592. The opening of ...

A tomb of a medieval Catholic saint was recently opened last month for research – and the condition of her body stunned those who found her. In an Aug. 28 press release translated from Spanish to ...

A version of this story appeared in the July 3-16, 2015 print issue under the headline: Still a beloved friend. Actress and playwright Coco Blignaut as St. Teresa of Avila in "God's Gypsy," based on ...

WEST PRICE HILL – In the early 1900s the area around present day Glenway and Overlook avenues was mostly farm land. The transformation from a rural setting to a residential neighborhood started in the ...

On the 500th anniversary of St. Teresa of Avila's birth, Pope Francis praised the Spanish mystic and reformer for her witness of self-gift to God, as well as her particular relevance during this Year ...

The walking cane of the first woman named “doctor” of the Catholic Church will be on display at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower today and Friday. This historic church in the ...