Pope Francis highlights ‘little greatness’ of St. Thérèse of Lisieux in apostolic letter

“Here we see the importance of her invitation to a holy ‘abandonment,’” he wrote. The message also recalled the great trial of faith the saint experienced during the last year and a half of her life, starting with the first symptoms of tuberculosis, the illness that would eventually take her life at the age of…

Pope Francis highlights ‘little greatness’ of St. Thérèse of Lisieux in apostolic letter