National Catholic Register

St. Thomas Becket — A Saint for This Season?

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 ...
National Catholic Register

St. Thomas Aquinas, Pray For Us!

St. Thomas Aquinas was born in the castle of Rocca Secca, southeast of Rome, about the year 1225. At the age of 5, Thomas became an oblate in the nearby Benedictine Abbey of Monte Cassino, where he ...
The Conversation

St. Thomas Aquinas’ skull just went on tour − here’s what the medieval saint himself would have said about its veneration

Once, on a road trip in Greece, I stopped with my husband and dad at a centuries-old Orthodox monastery to view its famous frescoes. We were in luck, the porter said: It was a feast day. The relics of ...
America Magazine

St. Thomas Aquinas’ skull went on tour. Here’s what the medieval saint would have said about its veneration.

Following a Mass on Nov. 29, 2024, at St. Dominic Church in Washington, a woman venerates major relics of St. Thomas Aquinas, including what is believed to be the skull of the saint placed in a ...