For the last day of our World Youth Day pilgrimage, we headed to Avila. This beautiful town is located an hour and a half from Madrid, out in the rolling countryside of Spain. For all the Carmelite ...

Not all advice from the 16th century is helpful today, but St. Teresa of Avila’s instruction on contemplative prayer is as relevant for Christians now as when she wrote it 500 years ago, according to ...

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 way of the saint: Eleanor Goggin with a statue of St Theresa Map of Spain I'm in a state of disbelief, and I may be struck down by lightning, but I have been on my second pilgrimage in as many ...

OPENING of the silver tomb of St. Teresa of Ávila; portrait of St. Teresa of Ávila. The Diocese of Ávila in Spain reported on August 28, 2024, that the body of St. Teresa of Ávila, a doctor of the ...

Hundreds of Catholic worshippers flocked to the small Spanish town of Alba de Tormes this month to witness a remarkable sight: the remains of Saint Teresa of Ávila, lying in an open silver coffin more ...

Avila (Agenzia Fides) - The main authorities of the Spanish Bishops' Conference of the Carmelite Order will attend the Mass that His Exc. Mgr. Ricardo Blazquez, Archbishop of Valladolid, will preside ...

The Diocese of Avila in Spain has begun collecting signatures for a petition declaring 2015, the 500th anniversary of St. Teresa of Jesus' birth, as a “Year of Prayer.” St. Teresa was a “master 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 ...