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Saint Therese of Lisieux
June 17, 1925 issue

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In the presence of thousands of pilgrims and in the midst of the full illumination of Saint Peter's in Rome, a new saint Thérèse of Lisleux was added to the Catholic calendar. Saints need legends and legends take time to grow. Had the official investigation of the life of Saint Thérèse been postponed for a century or two, it would doubtless have been found full of entirely adequate wonders; but subject to scrutiny by contemporaries who, even though they be of her own faith, cannot but have something of the critical spirit of their age, it is not quite miraculous enough.

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THERESE, of Lisieux, Saint; PILGRIMS & pilgrimages; CATHOLICS; CALENDARS; LEGENDS; THEOLOGIANS
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