St. Thomas Becket may be the least appealing of the saints. He was arrogant, inflexible, combative, and convinced that he was always right. And that was after his conversion. Yet, throughout the ...

Thomas Becket was born in England in 1118. At 24, he obtained a post in the household of Theobald, Archbishop of Canterbury. The archbishop was fond of Thomas, and made him Archdeacon of Canterbury, a ...

Throughout the extensive history of the Church, there have been numerous events of lasting significance. Each week marks anniversaries of impressive milestones, unforgettable tragedies, amazing ...

At its peak, the saint's Canterbury Cathedral shrine drew upward of 100,000 visitors each year. Centre for the Study of Christianity and Culture, University of York During the medieval period, the ...

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Regarding the review of the exhibit at the British Museum in London about St. Thomas Becket (“Icons: A Martyr’s Afterlife,” Review, May 29): Readers may be interested to know that one of the stones on ...

The first Catholic Mass since the sixteenth century took place in the cathedral in 1980 – on St Thomas Becket’s feast day at the site of his shrine. The apostolic nuncio to the Court of St James’s, ...