Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, or Saint Thérèse of Lisieux was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by Pope John Paul II in 1997 - 100 years after her death at the age of 24. She is only the ...

[St. Theresa of Lisieux] In the last months of her life, Therese reflected on commingling of this abandonment and suffering. "Our Lord really died as a Victim of Love, and you see what his agony was." ...