The first example of such a saint is on Dec. 3: St. Francis Xavier. St. Francis Xavier (1506-1552) was one of the first generation of Jesuits, who knew St. Ignatius Loyola. St. Francis Xavier ...

While today, Dec. 3, is the first Sunday of Advent, it is also the feast of St. Francis Xavier, the patron saint of missionaries and missions who led an unlikely life of adventure and heroism ...

In a world in which there are “so many people who need Jesus,” St. Francis Xavier is an exemplary model of how to live and share the Gospel with zeal, Pope Francis said Wednesday. The Pope ...

"He brought me to St. Francis Xavier, at a time when I was probably in one of the darkest periods of my life. Not sure where I was headed, not even living at home, I was living in a halfway house ...

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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 ...

MUMBAI, India – Pilgrims have flocked to see the relics of St. Francis Xavier in India. Every decade, the relics of the Jesuit saint are exposed in the Indian state of Goa – this year’s ...

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, ...