ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 15, 2025 / 04:00 am

The Diocese of Ávila in Spain reported on Aug. 28, 2024, that the body of St. Teresa of Ávila , a doctor of the Church, was still incorrupt after her death on Oct. 4, 1582 — almost five centuries ago.

“Today the tomb of St. Teresa was opened and we have verified that it is in the same condition as when it was last opened in 1914,” said the postulator general of the Discalced Carmelite order, Father Marco Chiesa of the Carmelite Monastery of Alba de Tormes, where the remains of the revered Spanish saint rest.

Father Miguel Ángel González, the Carmelite prior of Alba de Tormes and Salamanca of the Diocese of Ávila, explained how the procedure was carried out: “The community of Discalced Carmelite mothers together with the postulator general of

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