Video (1:22) of the ceremony at which St. John Paul II named St. Therese of Lisieux a Doctor of the Church, October 19, 1997

Sunday, October 19, 2014 at 01:25PM
Maureen O'Riordan in Doctor of the Church, Mission Sunday, October 19 1997, Pope John Paul II, Therese of Lisieux

See St. John Paul II naming St. Therese a doctor of the Church before the vast crowd in St. Peter's Square; hear him say, in French, her famous words "My vocation, at last I have found it!  My vocation is love," and see women from different countries casting rose petals on her reliquary.  Thanks to ina.fr.

Article originally appeared on Saint Therese of Lisieux (http://www.thereseoflisieux.org/).