PANAJI: Thousands of Catholic pilgrims descended on the Indian coastal state of Goa on Saturday to witness the once-a-decade exposition of the relics of a 16th century Spanish missionary.
Devotees from around the world formed a queue of more than one kilometre long to venerate the relics of St Francis Xavier, which are on display until Jan 4 in the former Portuguese colony.
Published in Dawn, November 23th , 2014
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