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The Pope Francis of her time

Five hundred years ago, an upper middle-class Spaniard, Doña Beatriz, held her baby daughter Teresa in her arms. the daughter would become a Carmelite nun, reform her order, become known as a miracle worker, and mystic, be canonized a saint and, finally, be recognized as a Doctor of the Church. [1]