Robert Gallagher, minister of music at River Road Church, directs the choir during practice Sunday, July 20, 2014. They are going to be the choir in residence for Canterbury Cathedral.

According to the cathedral's website, after the invasion of 1066, the Normans built a new cathedral (of which only a few traces remain), and a century or so later, that was rebuilt in the Gothic ...

The Papal nuncio will celebrate Mass for the first time in Canterbury Cathedral on 7 July, to mark the feast of the translation of the relics of St Thomas Becket.

The smallest city in England has plenty to offer visitors and yet it remains off the beaten track News Estel Farell Roig Content Editor and Karen Rockett 16:00, 01 Jun 2025Updated 09:57, 03 Jun ...

His project timeline supports a campaign to raise $50,000 to fund a residency at Canterbury Cathedral in England for Trinity’s choir in the summer of 2026.

Canterbury Cathedral was one of the most important centres of pilgrimage during medieval times. Built in AD 597 by the first archbishop of Canterbury St Augustine, who established Christianity in ...

The stresses in the church come as a major survey conducted by YouGov on behalf of the Bible Society revealed that the Church of England is now losing ground among Generation Z to a resurgent ...

If you ever go to Canterbury Cathedral in England, drops of blood from ages ago are still there on the altar floor. Legend has it that the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, was brutally ...

1174 Fire ravages Canterbury Cathedral Four years after Thomas Becket's murder, Canterbury Cathedral was ravaged by fire and the eastern end had to be rebuilt. The first master of works was a ...

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. preaching his final Sunday sermon from the Canterbury Pulpit in Washington National Cathedral. He was assassinated days later. John Rous/Associated Press ...

Jan. 6 (UPI) --Church of England leader, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby was due to leave his post Monday, two months after resigning over his handling of a sexual abuse scandal. The 69-year ...

Dec. 29 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1170, Anglican churchman/politician Thomas Becket was killed at Britain's Canterbury Cathedral. In 1845, Texas was admitted into the United States as ...