Francis Xavier was born in Spain, died in China, but it were the Portuguese who kept his legacy alive in their Asian colonies. Since 1554, the saint’s body has been preserved at Old Goa ...

MUMBAI, India – Pilgrims have flocked to see the relics of St. Francis Xavier in India. Every decade, the relics of the ...

Pilgrims and tourists from around the world will come to Goa for the 45-day long event to venerate the sacred relics of the saint ...

It may sound unusual, but for 150 years after his death, when his body remained remarkably lifelike, no portrait of St Francis Xavier was created, despite the fact that countless artists were ...

Francis Xavier, a Basque nobleman, left his home at the age of 19 to study at the University of Paris. There he met Saint Ignatius of Loyola who convinced the worldly young man to dedicate himself ...