One of these 26 was a middle-aged lay brother of the Franciscan order, Gonsalo Garcia, who happens to the first canonised Christian saint to have been born in India. The remarkable story of how ...

Police said Gonsalo Garcia, 26, of 204 Tryon St., Woodstock, was arrested Friday and charged with theft for allegedly taking two gas springs from his employer in the 400 block of East Terra Cotta ...

St Gonsalo Garcia was born in 1556 and did missionary work in Japan before being martyred in 1597. He was declared a saint by the Catholic Church in 1862. MUMBAI: The first Indian to attain ...

Kisai was well-known as a catechist, and was arrested together with Paul Miki. Gonsalo Garcia was a Franciscan brother, born in Bassein, India. He was educated by the Jesuits and worked with them for ...

Photo Courtesy: Nascimento Pinto/mid-day “I feel that there are not many Mumbaikars who know much about Saint Gonsalo Garcia,” expresses Father Rajesh Lopes, who is associated with Saint ...

Unknown miscreants vandalised the St Gonsalo Garcia Church in Vasai on Friday, causing anger and upset within the community. Fr Peter Almeida, parish priest said, “We were upstairs at the time ...

In this April 25, 2017 photo, Stephen Faulkner, far left, owner of Faulkner's Landscaping & Nursery, installs an irrigation system alongside workers Gonsalo Garcia, center, and Jalen Murchison ...

Act of vandalism against the parish of St Gonsalo Garcia. While the police carried out the investigation, people gathered outside the gates to pray. Archbishop Felix Machado: 'I urge everyone to ...

Mumbai: Mumbai's East Indian community observed Thursday, February 6, as 'St Gonsalo Garcia Day' in honour of the Roman ...

Vasai, (Maharashtra), Nov 18: India's first Christian saint, Gonsalo Garcia, was born in a tiny village here while St. Francis Xavier lived in Vasai, a sub-district of Thane, briefly. Before them ...