As part of the ongoing safeguarding reform in the church in France, Conférence des Religieux et Religieuses de France adopted an official charter to guarantee better governance within communities and avoid potential abuse of authority.
In these times of violence and hatred around the world, following St. Thérèse of Lisieux's confidence is crucial to the world regaining balance, said the bishop of Lisieux as the month of October, the busiest one in the French northern Normandy town of the saint known as the "Little Flower," comes to a close.
Nearly 30,000 pilgrims flocked to Lisieux for the so-called Theresian feasts, celebrated Sept. 30-Oct. 8 in France's northern Normandy region, where the famous French saint, born Jan. 2, 1873, lived and died.
