Canadian tour for the arms of François

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The right forearm of st Francis Xavier, content in this box glass luxurious, would have baptized more than 100,000 people during the passage of a missionary in Asia.

Antoine Lacroix

Tuesday, 5 December 2017 23:10

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The right forearm of st Francis Xavier, a sacred relic of the catholic Church old of 465 years ago, will undertake at the beginning of the year 2018 a tour of 14 canadian cities.

“We hope to be of interest to the most people possible for this event that can be described as historic. This would be the first time that the relic would come to Canada and it is very rare that she gets permission to leave Rome, ” says Debra Proulx, president of the board of directors of Catholic Christian Outreach, the organization that organized the coming of the symbol.

The right forearm of st Francis Xavier, who would have baptized more than 100,000 people during the passage of a missionary in Asia, will leave from Rome, where it is carefully kept in the main jesuit church. He will have his own seat on the plane when it will cross the Atlantic. It will make its first public appearance at Quebec on 3 January.

The relic of the first class, according to the categories determined by the Vatican, will be the subject of a “monitor continuously” during his canadian tour. The forearm preserved in a glass container luxurious would not have ” undergone the process of decomposition is natural.”

“Miraculously, her body has not decomposed. It means, the arm does not seem alive, but it is still very well preserved, ” explains Debra Proulx.

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The objective of this pilgrimage is “to be able to reach people with the word of God, since st. Francis Xavier is a fine example,” she continues.

The agency is aware that the forearm sacred is not likely to attract crowds in Quebec, where it is observed that the population is turning away more and more of the religion. It will be in Montreal on 29 and 30 January.

“There are still a lot of people attached to the Church which can be challenged by the coming of the relic. It has a great historical importance, it can affect the whole world “, argues, however, Ms. Proulx.

Born in 1506, in Spain, saint Francis Xavier was sent on a mission on the asian continent. It is said that he ” can miraculously talk with the people he meets in their native language “. He died at the age of 46 in 1552. The rest of his body is buried in Goa, India.