CANTERBURY, England — Catholic faithful packed Canterbury Cathedral on Monday evening for a historic Mass, complete with a papal blessing and the Eucharistic liturgy celebrated by the apostolic nuncio ...

The chasuble of Thomas Becket (1118?1170) is one of the most magnificent medieval textiles in the Mediterranean region. Richly decorated with ornaments, fabulous animals and figures in lavish gold ...

THOMAS by Shelley Mydans. 439 pdyes. Doubleday. $5.95. Probably no man of the 12th century has had more meaning for intellectuals of the 20th than Thomas Becket. Hum bly born in London’s Cheapside, ...

The title of the movie for a Venice Film Festival world premiere last week was Murder in the Cathedral, and a lot of people who bought tickets expected a detective story. When it turned out to be 2½ ...