Public Veneration of Saint Teresa in Alba de Tormes - Spain

Public Veneration of Saint Teresa in Alba de Tormes - Spain

The mayor of Alba de Tormes, Concepción Miguélez (c), the bishop of Salamanca, José Luis Retana (3r), the provincial superior of the Discalced Carmelites in Spain, Francisco Sánchez Oreja (2r), and the prior of the Discalced Carmelites of Alba de Tormes and Salamanca, Miguel Angel Gonzalez (r), during the opening ceremony of public veneration of the body of St. Teresa of Jesus, in the Convent of the Discalced Carmelite Fathers, on May 11, 2025, in Alba de Tormes, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon (Spain). It is the second time that the incorrupt body of the Saint is exposed, since it has not been done since the middle of the last century. Photo by Manuel Ángel Laya/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Public Veneration of Saint Teresa in Alba de Tormes - Spain

Public Veneration of Saint Teresa in Alba de Tormes - Spain

The mayor of Alba de Tormes, Concepción Miguélez (6r), the provincial superior of the Discalced Carmelites in Spain, Francisco Sánchez Oreja (5r), the prior of the Discalced Carmelites of Alba de Tormes and Salamanca, Miguel Ángel González (3r), the president of the Junta de Castilla y León, Alfonso Fernández Mañueco (2r), and the bishop of Salamanca, José Luis Retana (r), during the opening ceremony of public veneration of the body of St. Teresa of Jesus, in the Convent of the Barefoot Carmelite Fathers, on May 11, 2025, in Alba de Tormes, Salamanca, Castilla y León (Spain). It is the second time that the incorrupt body of the Saint is exposed, since it has not been done since the middle of the last century. Photo by Manuel Ángel Laya/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Public Veneration of Saint Teresa in Alba de Tormes - Spain

Public Veneration of Saint Teresa in Alba de Tormes - Spain

The mayor of Alba de Tormes, Concepción Miguélez (3l), the president of the Junta de Castilla y León, Alfonso Fernández Mañueco (c), the bishop of Salamanca, José Luis Retana (3r), the provincial superior of the Discalced Carmelites in Spain, Francisco Sánchez Oreja (2r), and the prior of the Discalced Carmelites of Alba de Tormes and Salamanca, Miguel Angel Gonzalez (r), during the opening ceremony of public veneration of the body of St. Teresa of Jesus, in the Convent of the Discalced Carmelite Fathers, on May 11, 2025, in Alba de Tormes, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon (Spain). It is the second time that the incorrupt body of the Saint is exposed, since it has not been done since the middle of the last century. Photo by Manuel Ángel Laya/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Public Veneration of Saint Teresa in Alba de Tormes - Spain

Public Veneration of Saint Teresa in Alba de Tormes - Spain

The provincial superior of the Discalced Carmelites in Spain, Francisco Sánchez Oreja (i), the mayor of Alba de Tormes, Concepción Miguélez (2l), the prior of the Discalced Carmelites of Alba de Tormes and Salamanca, Miguel Ángel González (3r), the president of the Junta de Castilla y León, Alfonso Fernández Mañueco (2r), and the bishop of Salamanca, José Luis Retana (r), during the opening ceremony of public veneration of the body of St. Teresa of Jesus, in the Convent of the Discalced Carmelite Fathers, on May 11, 2025, in Alba de Tormes, Salamanca, Castilla y León (Spain). It is the second time that the incorrupt body of the Saint is exposed, since it has not been done since the middle of the last century. Photo by Manuel Ángel Laya/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

U.N. rights expert to seek engagement at start of N. Korea mandate

U.N. rights expert to seek engagement at start of N. Korea mandate

Tomas Ojea Quintana, the new U.N. special rapporteur on North Korea, gives an interview to Kyodo News at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Oct. 27, 2016. Oreja Quintana, an Argentinian lawyer with extensive human rights experience, said that he will try to engage with North Korea from the outset of his mandate aimed at addressing Pyongyang's human rights record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo