While such claims are debatable, documents show that the Portuguese, who established the sea route to Asia in 1498, introduced Catholic faith in Japan in 1543. The arrival of St. Francis Xavier ...

Born in the Castle of Xavier near Sanguesa, in Navarre, on April 7, 1506. Francis Xavier ... went further east and made it all the way to Japan where he established Christian communities.

St Francis Xavier's spiritual journey began ... that reflect the unique cultural flavours of each region. In Japan, where Xavier first brought Christianity, the faithful remember his efforts ...

The churches and convents of Goa, the former capital of the Portuguese Indies - particularly the Church of Bom Jesus, which contains the tomb of St Francis-Xavier - illustrate the evangelization of ...

SUNDAY, April 6, 2:40 p.m. EWTN Friends and relatives of Carlo Acutis (1991-2006) reminisce about him and about the holy ...