Pope Francis at his general audience on May 17, 2023 (left) and a painting of St. Francis Xavier in the Church of the Gesù in Rome (right). (photo: Daniel Ibanez/Creative Commons / EWTN) Courtney ...

Greatest of missionaries since Apostolic times was, in Roman Catholic opinion, St. Francis Xavier, who helped to found the Society of Jesus, who died in 1552 on an island near China. His body was ...

Prayers and holy masses were offered in the churches across Tirunelveli and Tenkasi districts on Monday following the demise of 88-year-old Pope Francis. After Vatican formally declared the demise ...

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 ...