Caroline de Sury

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Lisieux celebrates 100 years since the canonization of 'The Little Flower'

Catholics in Normandy commemorated the 100th anniversary of St. Thérèse of Lisieux's canonization with three days of solemn celebrations May 16-18. These included a live broadcast of Pope Leo XIV's May 18 inauguration Mass on giant screens in the Basilica of St. Thérèse in Lisieux.

Soldiers sit and walk on beach.

As France welcomes D-Day veterans, bishop recalls religious sisters lost in Allied bombing

It was an emotional welcome when 48 veterans from around the U.S. arrived at the Deauville-Normandy Airport June 4 on board a special flight from Atlanta to celebrate the 80th anniversary of D-Day on June 6.

Dominican Sr. Véronique Margron, who has been president of Conférence des Religieux et Religieuses de France (CORREF) since 2016, is pictured in a Nov. 21 photo at CORREF's general assembly in Lourdes, France. (OSV News/Courtesy of CORREF)

New charter seeks to protect religious from potential abuse

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.

A white man wearing a purple zucchetto and golden vestments swings a thurible towards a gold container

Like Thérèse, 'be radical in love' in the face of violence, says bishop of Lisieux

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.

Pilgrims pray over the reliquary of St. Thérèse of Lisieux Oct. 1 in Lisieux, France. 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. (OSV News/Courtesy of Sanctuary of St. Thérèse of Lisieux)

Pilgrims celebrate St. Thérèse in Lisieux, where singer Édith Piaf was cured of blindness

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.