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October 6, 2014

Blessed married couples, St. Therese of Lisieux, highlighted at synod

Pope Francis uses incense to venerate the relics of two married couples who have been declared blessed by the church as he arrives to celebrate a Mass to open the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 5. The pope venerated relics of Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin, parents of St. Therese of Lisieux, and Blessed Luigi and Maria Beltrame Quattrocchi.

VATICAN CITY - The first two married couples beatified as couples and St. Therese of Lisieux were being honored during the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the Family.

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