When I started at Harvard University, the first thing I noticed was the absence of femininity on campus. Gendered clubs of any kind are banned. Sororities and fraternities are known officially as ...

If St. Teresa Benedicta is named a doctor of the Church, she would join 37 other saints with that title, four of whom are women: St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), pictured in 1938-1939.

Edith Stein could be declared a doctor of the Church with the title “doctor veritatis,” or “doctor of truth,” following a petition from the Discalced Carmelites. Pope Francis received an official ...

They gave her 10 minutes to gather her things and say goodbye. The bishops of the Netherlands had recently denounced Nazi deportations of Jews and Dutch citizens. The Nazis retaliated by arresting 245 ...

Aug. 9 is the feast day of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, also known as Edith Stein. A convert from Judaism at the age of 30, she later entered the Carmelite order and died in the Nazi ...