St. Thomas Becket (1118-1170) is well-known for his martyrdom in Canterbury Cathedral, defending religious liberty in England from the designs of his former friend, King Henry II Plantagenet. But ...

WASHINGTON — 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 ...

A stained glass window of St. Thomas Becket is seen at St. Alban's Cathedral in St. Albans, England. (CNS photo/Gene Plaisted, The Crosiers) WASHINGTON (CNS) — The White House issued a proclamation ...

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"For the name of Jesus and the protection of the church I am ready to embrace death." In spite of Becket's stature then and now, few people today know his story, a tale that bristles with ironies and ...

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 ...

The Becket Fund, a nonprofit advancing free religious expression, will defend statues of Catholic saints for Quincy's public ...

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.