Colombo – Less than a week after its longtime president was surprisingly voted out of office, Sri Lanka welcomes Pope Francis on Tuesday, with the island nation’s Catholic minority hoping he can help heal the lingering wounds of the country’s 25-year civil war. The war between minority Tamil rebels, whoContinue Reading
Francis’ 7th and longest apostolic visit outside of Italy will also include the canonization of Sri Lanka’s first saintContinue Reading
A letter addressed to the Pope from 32 political detainees said they had started fasting from dawn to duskContinue Reading
About 21,000 police personnel would be deployed in Colombo and the Bandaranaike International AirportContinue Reading
he panel declared on Jan. 8 that the archbishop had been killed “in hatred for the faith,”Continue Reading
Very much like the rest of the world, Sri Lanka too has been carried away by the Bergoglio phenomenonContinue Reading
The President urged the public to follow the measures the government had put in place to keep Francis safeContinue Reading
Vatican City – Pope Francis embarks on his second Asian pilgrimage this coming week, visiting Sri Lanka and the Philippines exactly 20 years after St. John Paul II’s record-making visit to two countries with wildly disparate Catholic populations. Pope Francis will make headlines of his own, drawing millions of faithfulContinue Reading
The Pope will reportedly deliver a total of 11 speechesContinue Reading
Pope Francis returns to Asia for the second time in less than six monthsContinue Reading
