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

He had arrived in Goa in 1542 but travelled extensively in Southeast Asia — as far as Japan and the coast of China. He died on Shangchuan Island off the coast of China and was first buried in ...

St Francis Xavier was first buried on a beach at Shangchuan Island, Taishan in China’s Guangdong. In December 1553, his body was shipped to Goa. It is now in the Basilica of Bom Jesus in Goa, placed ...

Rapid half-centuries from Kusal Mendis, Pathum Nissanka and Janith Liyanage put Sri Lanka on course to a substantial total, before... Shaun Pollock the media representative of the ICC’s cricket ...

Xavier died on Dec. 3, 1552, on Shangchuan Island in southern China after spreading Christianity for more than two years in Japan. He was canonized by Pope Gregory XV in 1622. In 1927, Pope Pius XI ...

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He passed away at 46 on the island of Shangchuan, located off the coast of China. Today, devotion to St. Francis has deepened across various communities and religions. Gautam Karkal from Ponda ...

A casket carrying the remains of the 16th century Spanish missionary St. Francis Xavier is seen on its way to Se Cathedral in Old Goa, India, on Nov. 21, 2024, after leaving the nearby Basilica of ...

Two people from Connecticut have died after a car crash in Rhode Island on Christmas Eve, according to police. Police said the crash happened just after 3 p.m. on Hartford Pike in Foster ...