Feature Story St Devasahayam: India’s Laity Find Their Champion Saint “We have a new patron saint,” he said, his voice carrying across the small congregation of shopkeepers, teachers, and daily wage workers. “Pope Leo has declared Saint Devasahayam the patron saint of all lay people in India.”
Viewpoint Indian Church honors Saint Francis Xavier, the Fisher Peoples' God-Father Saint Francis Xavier is the patron of foreign missions.
