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Pope Benedict, Thomas More and the Role of the Church

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(The following is an excerpt from an address give by Pope Benedict XVI in Westminster Hall on September 17, 2010, the feast of Saint Robert Bellarmine, upon his Holiness’ pilgrimage to England) In particular, I recall the figure of Saint Thomas More, the great English scholar and statesman, who is admired by believers and non-believers alike for the integrity with which he followed his conscience, even at the cost of displeasing the sovereign wh…
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In the Jubilee Year of 2000, Pope John Paul II declared St. Thomas More, considered the noblest man in England, the patron saint of rulers and politicians, writes Father Arkadiusz Nocoń in a column for the Vatican News portal and Vatican Radio. On June 22nd, we commemorate St. Thomas More, the martyr. A relic of the saint's head is located in St. Dunstan's Church in Canterbury. Thomas More (More) The article "Saint Thomas More, the noblest man i…

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The man who wrote about a perfect society was beheaded by a king who did not want to be. St. Thomas Moro died on July 6, 1535 with a phrase on his lips that sums up his whole life: "I die being a good servant of the king, but of God first." His feast in the Catholic holy place is celebrated every June 22, and the story behind it deserves to be known beyond the calendar. Today his friend and cellmate San Juan Fisher, the only English bishop who r…

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Catholic Insight broke the news on Monday, June 22, 2026.
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