Japan, and China, making him one of the most influential missionaries in history. The world continues to honour Saint Francis Xavier each year on December 3, marking the death anniversary and the ...

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 ...

EWTN This animated bio story of St. Francis Xavier (1506-1552) effectively captures the intrepid Jesuit missionary spirit of his evangelizing adventures in India and Japan.