Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus ... she asked for and obtained permission from Pope Leo XIII to enter the Carmelite Monastery (or the Carmel) at the young age of 15. On entering the Carmel ...

Q: Was a letter about five secrets written by Maria Bernarda Soubirous to Pope Leo XIII in 1879 recently found by Father Antoine ... has discovered a long lost letter of St. Bernadette at the Vatican ...

While the Fathers of the Church praised Saint Joseph in their writings, devotion to the husband of Mary arose in the Western Church only in the fifteenth century. Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903) encouraged ...