Discover how IAS officer Sandip Jacques expertly managed the St Francis Xavier Exposition by implementing AI technology for ...

The churches and convents of Goa, the former capital of the Portuguese Indies - particularly the Church of Bom Jesus, which contains the tomb of St Francis-Xavier - illustrate the evangelization of ...

Born in the Castle of Xavier near Sanguesa, in Navarre, on April 7, 1506. Francis Xavier ... 1541 embarked on a long and dangerous voyage to Goa, India where he landed 13 months later.

About 700 people, mostly Catholics, marched through Old Goa, the colonial-era Portuguese capital, to protest a government plan for a tourism project near the Bom Jesus Basilica, the 16th-century ...

ALSO SEE Churches of Goa: 5 Churches in and around Panaji The Basilica of Bom Jesus is most famous for holding the mortal remains of St. Francis Xavier. St Francis is considered the patron saint ...

The feast of St Francis Xavier, the patron saint of the school, was celebrated on its premises. A morning assembly was held ...