Goan wedding brings Filipino woman face to face with SFX
(WorldNews India)

PANAJI: When Joan Janola Rodriguez entered the Basilica of Bom Jesus on Tuesday, she remembered the words of her grandmother about the saint who is laid to rest there. Rodriguez was just one of many casual-looking tourists who enter the church every day, but her being here was a culmination of a life-long devotion to the saint. `It was like all my grandmother´s teachings came to life,` she said. `I never imagined I would be able to pay homage to St Xavier´s relics.` Rodriguez is from Abuyog in the Philippines´ Leyte province. Some believe the 16th century Spanish saint visited Mindanao, one of the 7,000-odd islands that comprise the southeast Asian nation, but others dispute that. `He did...