Huge crowds for Colombo Papal Mass
2015-01-14
Huge crowds turned out in the Sri Lankan capital as Pope Francis celebrated a Mass at which he canonised the nation’s first saint.Continue Reading
‘Exhausted’ pope cancels meeting with bishops
2015-01-13
Travel from the airport to the nunciature took longer than expectedContinue Reading
Saudi cleric declares snowmen anti-Islamic
2015-01-13
It is not permitted to make a statue out of snow, even by way of play and funContinue Reading
Pope calls for pursuit of truth over Sri Lanka’s violent past
2015-01-13
Pope Francis appeared to make the case for a truth commission to investigate the Buddhist-majority nation’s 26-year civil warContinue Reading
Pope Francis visits Sri Lanka amid hopes for healing
2015-01-13
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
Pope heads to Sri Lanka for interreligious dialogue
2015-01-13
Francis’ 7th and longest apostolic visit outside of Italy will also include the canonization of Sri Lanka’s first saintContinue Reading
Political prisoners fast to grab Francis’ attention
2015-01-13
A letter addressed to the Pope from 32 political detainees said they had started fasting from dawn to duskContinue Reading
Sri Lanka police, train services prepare for Papal visit
2015-01-12
About 21,000 police personnel would be deployed in Colombo and the Bandaranaike International AirportContinue Reading
Vatican panel acknowledges Romero as martyr
2015-01-12
he panel declared on Jan. 8 that the archbishop had been killed “in hatred for the faith,”Continue Reading
Significance of Pope Francis’s visit to Sri Lanka
2015-01-12
Very much like the rest of the world, Sri Lanka too has been carried away by the Bergoglio phenomenonContinue Reading