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Pope gives a saint and healing touch to Sri Lanka

On: January 23, 2015

Colombo: With his 48-hour visit to Sri Lanka, Pope Francis has set a unique record that statisticians will have to figure out the exact details. Over three fourths of Sri Lanka’s 1.2 million Catholics traversed long distances to have a glimpse of the Pope during his January 13-15 visit toContinue Reading

Sri Lankan war victims feel ‘healed’ by pope’s Madhu visit

By: Matters India

On: January 22, 2015

In: International

Madhu – Kunaratnam Sabaratnam’s legs were severed by a shell in the closing stages of Sri Lanka’s ethnic war. But shaking hands with Pope Francis at the Marian shrine in Madhu “was like meeting God, and the pope’s touch took way all my pains of these years,” Sabaratnam told CatholicContinue Reading