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 ...
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) — In a short but poignant text from his best-known work, ‘Summa Theologiae,’ Aquinas explained his views on venerating relics. (The Conversation) — Once, on a road trip in Greece, I ...
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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 ...
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 ...