St. Therese was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by Pope John Paul II in 1997 — 100 years after her death at the age of 24. She is only the third woman to be proclaimed a Doctor of the Church, after St. Catherine of Siena and St. Teresa of Avila. More @Wikipedia
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