St. Francis Xavier

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A 17th-century Japanese depiction of St. Francis Xavier, from the Kobe City Museum collection.

The unlikely hero of India: St. Francis Xavier

Dec 3, 2022

By Peter Pinedo

Today’s feast celebrates the life of St. Francis Xavier, the patron saint of missionaries and missions, who led an unlikely... Read more

A still from the film “St. Francis Xavier: To the Ends of the Earth”.

St. Francis Xavier: New EWTN film marks 400th anniversary of canonization

Mar 4, 2022

By Courtney Mares

The film will be screened at a Rome Jesuit church housing a relic of the saint. Read more

A 17th-century Japanese depiction of St. Francis Xavier, from the Kobe City Museum collection.

Why is St. Francis Xavier's arm flying across Canada?

Dec 5, 2017

While he was alive, St. Francis Xavier never got to ride in an airplane. They would not be invented for... Read more

Faithful venerate the relics of St. Francis Xavier at the Basilica of Bom Jesus in Goa.

Exhibition of St Francis Xavier's relics preceded by catechesis

Sep 30, 2014

Spiritual formation and catechesis are underway to prepare for the upcoming exposition in Goa of the relics of St. Francis... Read more