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'Doctor of Resilient Hope' - The last days of Edith Stein

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Luke Coppen
Aug 08, 2022
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St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein). Public Domain.

Eighty years ago on Tuesday, a 50-year-old nun was killed at the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz. 

Today, she is a canonized saint and a co-patroness of Europe. She is recognized as one of the greatest theologians of the 20th century, a notable philosopher, a martyr, and a potential future Docto…

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