After Pope Leo XIII's encounter with St. Thérèse on 20 November 1887, her sister Céline wrote to Marie in the Lisieux Carmel to explain everything. Pauline then wrote to her father, St. Louis Martin on 23 November, saying: the Pope “saw the halo that already circles your forehead.”

Read the exchange of letters between Céline, Marie, Pauline and her father on our blog:
http://carmelitequotes.blog/2022/11/22/pauline-23nov1887/

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