Experience the haunting 'Devastha Vili' ritual in Kochi, a centuries-old prayer exorcising lost souls, preserved by Godson ...

A shroud of silence envelops Fort Vypeen after the last ferry from Fort Kochi docks at the jetty. From one of the narrow ...

Karl D. Bar-Lev, a retired U.S. Navy veteran who served for 17 years, also entered the Church at the Easter Vigil. Raised in ...

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

When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was anointed as the Pope, he chose to rename himself as Francis after St. Francis of Assisi, the medieval saint who founded the Franciscans, one of the largest ...

Pope Francis smiles after celebrating Easter mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.(AP) Upon his ascension to the papacy, the late pontiff chose the name Francis in honour of St. Francis of ...

"Pope Francis was really an inspiration for environmentalists," said Xavier University's sustainability coordinator Tim Sundrup. Pope Francis took his name from Saint Francis of Assisi, the patron ...

School leaders remember Pope Francis' historic legacy and deep ties ... to our parishes and communities here in Cincinnati. St. Xavier High school, Xavier University, there's a lot of Jesuit ...

Pope Francis’ coffin was carried Wednesday morning in solemn procession to St. Peter’s Basilica, where the late pontiff will lie in state for three days for mourners to pay their final ...