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Pray With EWTN: Celebrate the Assumption

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The Miracle That Gave the Miraculous Medal Its Name

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The Bells of Nagasaki Still Call the World to Pray for Peace

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How Seven Weeks Coffee Is Turning Ethically Sourced Blends Into Pro-Life Action

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Hidden Crosses in the Life of Edith Stein

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The Fatal Assumption at the Heart of Communism

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Aug. 9 Saturday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Virgin and Martyr, Opt. Mem.

The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942), also known as St. Edith Stein. Edith Stein was born of Jewish parents in 1891, becoming an influential philosopher following her extensive studies at major German universities. After her conversion to Catholicism, she became a major force in German intellectual life, entering the Discalced Carmelites in 1933, and taking the name Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. She was arrested by the Nazi regime in 1942, along with all Catholics of Jewish extraction and transported by cattle train to the death camp of Auschwitz. She died in the gas chambers at Auschwitz that same year.

‘World’s Oldest Baby’ Born Through Embryo Adoption

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Armenian and Azerbaijan Presidents Sign Historic Peace Deal at White House

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