Edith Stein was received into the Catholic Church on Jan. 1, 1922, and decided she wanted to become a Carmelite nun. Her spiritual adviser suggested she wait, ...

Edith Stein suggests a woman who knew who she was, in every sense, and was willing to pay the price for all parts of her identity. Are Christians today able to do the same, ...

Edith Stein, a Jewish convert to Catholicism and a Holocaust victim, will be canonized Sunday — but not without controversy. Her promotion to sainthood is provoking Jewish criticism that Cath… ...

Born into an Orthodox Jewish family in Germany in 1891, Edith Stein turned toward Christianity at age 30, finding her calling as a Catholic nun. In a tragic twist on the tale of Queen Esther, ...

Stein was baptized on Jan. 1, 1922, at the age of 30. She took the name Teresa Benedicta of the Cross when she became a novice Carmelite nun 12 years later.

Boston, Mass., Aug 9, 2023 / 02:00 am. When Edith Stein entered the order of Discalced Carmelite nuns in 1933, she assumed the name of Teresa Blessed by the Cross.

Edith Stein and his grandmother “were about the same age and came to a similar end,” he said. Cardinal Czerny also spoke about his grandmother in October 2019, ...

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.

Edith Stein, also known as St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross was a German Jewish philosopher who converted to Roman Catholicism and became a Discalced Carmelite nun.