When the legendary St. Teresa of Ávila needed spiritual counsel during the Spanish Inquisition, she did not turn to St. John ...

John of the Cross, as he now called himself ... He filled various posts in different places until St. Teresa called him to Avila as director and confessor to the convent of the Incarnation ...

Saint Teresa of Avila continues to fascinate both the Catholic ... particularly of Mother Mary of St. Joseph Mother Mary, a contemporary of Teresa, left a valuable testimony: "She was a saint ...