St. Francis Xavier lived the life of a missionary, baptizing tens of thousands in India and Japan. In death, he continues to give himself to Christ’s Church, as his relics offer pilgrims ...

MUMBAI, India – Pilgrims have flocked to see the relics of St. Francis Xavier in India. Every decade, the relics of the Jesuit saint are exposed in the Indian state of Goa – this year’s ...

St Francis Xavier's spiritual journey began with a simple ... would take him from the halls of Paris to the shores of India, Japan, and China, making him one of the most influential missionaries ...

As the once-in-ten-year exposition of St. Francis Xavier’s relics draws near in Goa, western India, hundreds of Christians, joined by Hindus and Muslims, are to undertake a “pilgrimage on foot” to ...

Today St Francis Xavier is the patron of Goa ... “The only reason given was Francis Xavier.” Jesuits in India spread agricultural knowledge, popularised the printing press and set up schools.

MUMBAI, India – A delegation of nine representatives from the Vatican participated in the ten-yearly exposition of the sacred relics of St. Francis Xavier in Old Goa in India. The delegation ...

The legacy of St. Francis Xavier, a Spanish Jesuit missionary who died four centuries ago, continues shaping generations in the Asian Church, says Indian Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrao. Ferrao, ...

St. Francis Xavier lived the life of a missionary, baptizing tens of thousands in India and Japan. In death, he continues to give himself to Christ’s Church, as his relics offer pilgrims ...