On Aug. 9 the Catholic Church celebrates the life of philosopher, writer, and religious sister St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, more commonly known as Edith Stein. Born in Breslau, Prussia (now ...

There may soon be a fifth feminist saint joining this wall of women: St. Edith Stein ... year before Stein died, she wrote to a fellow Carmelite sister, “One can only gain a knowledge of ...