I caught an early morning train from Paris last Saturday, to arrive in Lisieux at the site of the basilica of St. Therese. Impressive from a distance it may seem, it is decidedly mediocre as a building. The French Oratorian Fr. Louis Bouyer was rather scathing about it in his book 'The Decomposition of Catholicism': I do see his point! Nevertheless, it is a very important shrine to one of the 20th century's greatest saints.
The basilica
The main altar
The crypt
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