Catholic worshippers have for weeks flocked to Alba de Tormes, a town ringed by rolling pastures in western Spain where the ...

Pilgrims flock to Alba de Tormes, Spain, to view the 440-year-old remains of Saint Teresa of Avila, displayed by the Catholic ...

Approximately 93,000 faithful venerated the body of St. Teresa of Jesus (Ávila), which was publicly exhibited May 11–25 for ...

Veneration of her legacy is widespread. General Francisco Franco, Spain’s former dictator, was even said to have kept a relic ...

Displayed from May 11 to 25 at the Basilica of the Annunciation, the event followed a Vatican-authorized, yearlong study of ...

Pilgrims followed as the remains were carried through the streets. It is not known when the remains will be shown again.

Last September, the newly elected Pope Leo XIV visited the saint’s birthplace in Avila, an hour’s drive from Alba de Tormes. Teresa’s remains have also spawned memes online about the macabre ...

Tens of thousands flock to see corpse of Spanish saint more than 440 years after death - The remains spawned reactions online ...

Profile views of scientific reconstruction of face of St. Teresa of Avila. | Photo courtesy of the Order of Discalced Carmelites, Iberian Province The scientific team that studied the body of St ...

Over 90,000 pilgrims flocked to Alba de Tormes, Spain, May 11-25, to venerate the incorrupt body of St. Teresa of Ávila — marking just the third public exposition of her relics since her death ...