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 ...

Father Pacwa notes that Edith had a romantic desire for a love like her mother and father, but she found it in Christ. A Jesuit priest fluent in 13 languages, Father Mitch Pacwa hosts several programs ...

Before the enclosed grille of the Discalced Carmelite Convent in Cologne, a distinguished German philosopher nervously submitted to a test of humility: she sang a ditty for the brown-robed nuns ...

Toward the close of his masterpiece Being and Time (1927), the great German philosopher Martin Heidegger raised a question that would become fertile ground for science fiction. Why does time only run ...

Edith Stein (1891-1942) had been born Jewish in Breslau (now Wroclaw in Poland). She studied philosophy in her native town before joining Göttingen University. In Freiburg, she worked with Professor ...

If accepted, Stein, also known by her religious name St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, could become the fifth woman to be declared a doctor of the Church. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), ...