The coffin of St. Teresa of Ávila was opened on Aug. 28 in the presence of a scientific medical team and members of the ecclesiastical court, and her body has been found incorrupt. The last time it was opened was 110 years ago.
September 1, 2024, the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time: May our worship, understanding of law and sense of freedom never drift too far from the theological option for the poor, as it holds true within the Letter of James.
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The pope’s visit comes only two years after the Vatican acknowledged that the Nobel Peace Prize-winning, East Timorese independence hero Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo had sexually abused young boys.
In his General Audience address on Aug. 28 centered on the plight of migrants, Pope Francis said, “The Lord is with our migrants...not with those who repel them.“