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Thomas Becket: Martyrdom at Christmas

Jeremy Worthen -
For nearly seven years, I worked at the Church of England’s Council for Christian Unity, as part of the staff of the Archbishops’ Council....
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Postcard from Norwich

Peter Doll -
It has been one of the axioms of contemporary culture in Britain that cathedrals and museums have exchanged places. Cathedrals, which were once the...
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Pilgrimage through the Snow

Matt Townsend -
Québécois faithful braved subzero, snowy weather to come to the Notre-Dame de Québec Basilica-Cathedral on Jan. 3 to pray before a first-class relic.
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Remembering Gregory

TLC Staff -
Display of Pope Gregory’s crozier coincides with the Primates’ Meeting next week.
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On stealing relics

Sam Keyes -
Why steal a relic? Relic theft was common in the Middle Ages, for a variety of reasons. But even in the later Middle Ages, when the sale of relics was increasingly common, profit was only one of them.

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