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The saint of the "Little Way" shows us how to face sickness and death.
The life of St. Therese of Lisieux contains a testimony of how to face a pandemic, which she briefly recorded in her book, TheStory of A Soul. In her case, she suffered through the flu pandemic of 1890, which was also called “Russian flu.”
One million deaths
That flu pandemic was first detected in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1890 and spread rapidly through Europe. Within four months it was present all over the world.
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St. Thérèse of Lisieux lived through a pandemic and left us her testimony
The life of St. Therese of Lisieux contains a testimony of how to face a pandemic, which she briefly recorded in her book, TheStory of A Soul. In her case, she suffered through the flu pandemic of 1890, which was also called “Russian flu.”
One million deaths
That flu pandemic was first detected in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1890 and spread rapidly through Europe. Within four months it was present all over the world.
Continued below.
St. Thérèse of Lisieux lived through a pandemic and left us her testimony
