2 Million in Canada Have Turned Out for Relics of St. Thérèse

OTTAWA, DEC. 6, 2001 (Zenit.org).- The visit of the relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux has been the most successful Church event in Canada since John Paul II´s trip in 1984, organizers say.

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Since the visit began Sept. 16 in Vancouver, about 2 million people have lined up to venerate the relics in churches, missions, convents, monasteries and pilgrimage sites.

The relics of the «Little Flower» will end the Quebec and Labrador portion of the visit on Friday. They then move on to New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, where the visit will end Dec. 17.

During the past five weeks, the reliquary has been traveling throughout Quebec and Labrador where an estimated 250,000 people have spent time venerating the relics of the French Carmelite nun who died at age 24 in 1897.

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