supported by Ministry of Tourism Government of India. Every ten years, Goa reverberates with spiritual fervour as the decennial exposition of the sacred relics of St. Francis Xavier ...

St. Francis Xavier continues to captivate the ... His missionary efforts extended beyond Goa to other regions of South India, including Cochin and the Cape of Comorin, and reached Japan and ...

Today St Francis Xavier is the patron of Goa ... Today Francis Xavier is a symbol of Goa’s—and India’s—syncretism. That is the true target of the new holy warriors.

Global media also reported on once-a-decade exposition of St. Francis Xavier's 472-yr-old corpse in Goa, reflecting on how Christian community's being increasingly targeted in the country.

St. Francis Xavier, one of the most venerated Catholic saints in the world, arrived in Goa in 1542 as a Jesuit missionary. He played a crucial role in establishing Christianity in Goa and ...

Born in the Castle of Xavier near Sanguesa, in Navarre, on April 7, 1506. Francis Xavier ... embarked on a long and dangerous voyage to Goa, India where he landed 13 months later.

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday extended warm wishes on the feast of St Francis Xavier, saying it is ... magnitude which attract people from India and the world over.

is catching a glimpse of the ornate tomb of 16th Century saint and Jesuit St Francis Xavier at the iconic Basilica of Bom Jesus in Old Goa from afar. Enshrined in an elaborate tomb carved by ...

Of the many homilies I heard during the recently concluded Exposition of the Sacred Relics of St Francis Xavier, there was ...

More recently, India put relic diplomacy into practice ... I P Newman Fernandes, in his book St Francis Xavier and Old Goa, said that Xavier then left for China, accompanied by Fr Gago, Br Alvaro ...

and at the same time we have to keep Goa clean and beautiful,” said Sawant, who attended the feast of St Francis Xavier at Old Goa. Sawant said that state govt wants to spread the message that ...

In addition to the holidays prescribed by the Reserve Bank of India, Goa celebrates festivals such as Carnival, Easter, and Feast of St. Francis Xavier. On these significant occasions, banks will ...