St. Teresa of Avila, mystic and founder of the Discalced Carmelites, and the first female declared doctor of the church, is depicted in a church in Troyes, France. (CNS photo/Crosiers) A strange dispute has broken out in the diocese of Salamanca over the handling of St Teresa of Avila (1515-1582), Spain’s patron saint. The reason for this is the reinterment of her badly decomposed body for public veneration – an occasion last seen in 1914. Despite the lively response in the Alba de Tormes Basilica,…
