The American Red Cross is calling on donors to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday by scheduling blood or platelet donations ...

Court records describe him as “a layperson who served as Eucharistic minister among other duties for many years” at St. Francis Xavier Church in Fort Myers, where Caggianelli was assigned in 2011.

1) Dazzy Vance (1891) Charles Arthur Vance got his nickname from the dazzling fastball that helped him win 197 Major League games – but nary a one until he had turned 31. Vance mostly pitched in the ...

When the scoreboard inside C.T. Branin Natatorium read "St. Charles 173, St. Xavier 157" after the 50-yard freestyle, everyone in attendance knew they were in for a photo finish as the Division I ...

The legacy of St. Francis Xavier, a Spanish Jesuit missionary who died four centuries ago, continues shaping generations in the Asian Church, says Indian Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrao. Ferrao, ...

The private collection of Frazer Andrade, Margão, showcases exquisite Indo-Portuguese artifacts related to Saint Francis Xavier. Key pieces include an 18th-century ebony and ivory statue adorned with ...

In Malaysia, St. Francis Xavier met a Japanese who interested him in that island nation and, from 1549-52 was involved in spreading the Gospel there. The year 1552 found him back in Goa.

The feast of St. Francis Xavier on December 3 is one of the central moments of the exhibition: Masses are celebrated in different languages throughout the day and the faithful crowd the church from ...

Just over a century after the death of St. Francis Xavier, there was a fervent demand for parts of the saint's body as relics. The lower part of the right arm was transported to Rome in 1614, while IN ...

The St. Francis Xavier Catholic School System says that, because of the violation, they terminated Mauthe’s employment. Additionally, they say that during the investigation into Mauthe, another ...

In 1624, two years after Francis Xavier was canonised and a year after Goa got to know about this, the saint’s body was taken in a procession to the chapel of St Francis of Borja in the Bom ...

St. Francis Xavier’s Relics Draws 12,000 in Goa, India, for Decennial Exposition The display will continue until Jan. 5. Pilgrims may visit his relics from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the cathedral.