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 ...

The 45-day exposition of the holy relics of St Francis Xavier at Old Goa culminated on Sunday, with the authorities ...

The 45-day exposition of St Francis Xavier's relics in Old Goa concluded, attracting over 80 lakh pilgrims. The event ...

Panaji: The 18th Exposition of the relics of St Francis Xavier drew to a close on Sunday, with thousands of devotees ...

Nations use sacred icons, as empires once did, to win friends and alliances 116950824By the time the 18th Exposition of the ...

(Kyodo) OLD GOA, India (Kyodo) -- An exposition of the sacred relics of St. Francis Xavier, the famed 16th-century Jesuit missionary, has been held in the southwestern Indian city of Old Goa ...

The only reason given was Francis Xavier.” Jesuits in India spread agricultural knowledge, popularised the printing press and ...

Over a span of 45 days, 8.1 million devotees from India and abroad attended the Exposition of St Francis Xavier's holy relics ...

This winter in Goa, from November 21 till January 5, 2025, sees the once-in-a-decade exposition of the relics of Saint Francis Xavier. This is an opportunity for the faithful to see the ‘incorruptible ...

Enshrined in an elaborate tomb carved by Italian sculptor Giovanni Battista Foggini are the 470-year-old mortal remains (or relics ... the saint. The bas relief depicting St Francis Xavier ...

In this case, Velingkar’s call for a DNA test is ostensibly aimed at verifying whether the relics truly belong to St. Francis Xavier. However, such a test would be challenging because it would ...

St. Francis Xavier is revered as the 'Gôencho Sāib' or 'Sāib of Goa' due to his perceived miraculous intervention in critical moments of Goan history. In 1683, his intercession was credited with ...