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, a co-founder of the Society of Jesus, is known for leading the first Christian mission to Japan in the 16th century as part of his work for the Portuguese Empire. Born on April ...

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

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 ...