Christmas treasures gifted to abbey, medieval manuscript reveals

Christmas treasures including pieces of Christ’s manger were among a host of precious objects gifted to one favoured English abbey, new analysis has revealed. Expert study of a 580-year-old manuscript details an array of festive relics that were given to Battle Abbey by William the Conqueror and King John. The astonishing list of objects stored... Read More

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April 14, 2019

Catholic peace group calls for nuclear arms service to be scrapped

An international Catholic peace movement has called for cancellation of a ceremony at Westminster Abbey celebrating Britain’s nuclear weapons system. Westminster Abbey is due to host a National Service of Thanksgiving to mark 50 years of British nuclear weapons on patrol at sea despite the fact that the General Synod of the Church of England... Read More

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May 24, 2016

Thomas Becket relic returns to England after 800 years

A relic of Thomas Becket has returned to England for the first time in 800 years as a week-long commemoration of the murdered archbishop begins. The fragment of bone, believed to come from Becket’s arm, was held by the Basilica of Esztergom in Hungary. At the start of a seven-day pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral, where... Read More

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May 23, 2016

Westminster Mass to mark return of Thomas Becket relic

A relic of Thomas Becket is to be returned to England for the first time in 800 years in a week-long commemoration of the murdered archbishop, beginning with Mass in Westminster today. The fragment of bone, believed to come from Becket’s arm, is held by the Basilica of Esztergom in Hungary. It will travel from... Read More

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