Why She Burned Her Own Foot at Thirteen: The Story of Saint Alphonsa of India
In a small convent town in Kerala, a thirteen-year-old girl once walked to a heap of burning coals and stepped in on purpose. She didn’t scream. She let her foot blister, then walked away limping, and never explained herself to anyone. Her name was Anna Muttathupadathu. Decades later, Rome would call her the first canonized … Read more