December 29 is the feast day of St. Thomas Becket. The martyred 12 th century bishop is known for his opposition to the then overreach of state power in the person of England’s King Henry II. Across ...

LONDON — An exhibition, the largest of its scale, on St. Thomas Becket is currently on display at the British Museum in London to mark 850 years since the saint’s martyrdom. “Thomas Becket: Murder and ...

On Dec. 29, 1170, the archbishop of Canterbury was cut down in his own cathedral. “Every attempt to tell the story of Thomas Becket,” writes Michael Staunton in his biography of the martyred ...

The White House on Tuesday issued a proclamation praising St. Thomas Becket, an English archbishop who was martyred 850 years ago after conflict with King Henry II over the rights of the Church.

A historic Grade II-listed home boasting its own labyrinth of caves and tunnels is up for sale for £1million. Beckets is a historic house in the village of Eastry, Kent, but it is the network of ...

IT COULD HAVE been a scene from “The Sopranos”, only the irascible capo was King Henry II of England. The irksome upstart who had to be neutralised was Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury. “Will ...

A man examines the St. Thomas Becket exhibit at The British Museum in London, which is marking the 850th anniversary of the death of the 12th-century saint. (Credit: CNS photo/courtesy The British ...