St. Francis Xavier continues to captivate the hearts of millions of pilgrims who visit his sacred relics enshrined at the Basilica de Bom Jesus in Old Goa. This year, the numbers are expected to ...

St Francis Xavier. The Jesuit order had not produced a pope before Francis as its priests traditionally take a vow not to accept high clerical office, and because the papacy had historically gone ...

St. Joseph Cathedral ... The rite includes anointing with sacred oil and a blessing with relics of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos. For more information, contact Cathedral Pastoral Services at ...

The second is best described by the man himself thus: ‘I was asked to shift the holy relics of Saint Francis Xavier from Old Goa to Portugal. And why did I not shift the body of the Saint?

and in the relics of saints and blesseds that were carried along the journey, including St. Francis of Assisi, St. Francis Xavier Cabrini, and soon-to-be-saints Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati.

The Emperor Akbar reference is to the Akbar church in Agra, and the Portuguese to the several cathedrals in Old Goa, including the one with the relics of the Jesuit, St Francis Xavier. The report ...

At All Saints Shrine, there are first-class relics of Teresa of ávila, Thomas More, John Fisher, Padre Pio and Pope Pius X, ...

Pope Francis smiles after celebrating Easter mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.(AP) Upon his ascension to the papacy, the late pontiff chose the name Francis in honour of St. Francis of ...

A picture of Pope Francis sits at the front of Bellarmine Chapel at Xavier University, marking a space where people can gather to pray and reflect on his legacy. "It's going to be a moment of ...

The canonization for an Italian teenager who was set to become the first millennial saint has been postponed for at least one week after the death of Pope Francis. The 88-year-old pontiff died ...

some thought his idea was to associate with Saint Francis Xavier, one of the founders of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), to which Pope Francis belonged. However, the Pope clarified that his main ...