On the second day of his visit to Sri Lanka, Pope Françoise went to the beachfront of Colombo, the capital.
The bishop of Rome crossed aboard his popemobile the famous promenade of the city and sparked jubilation of the faithful who waited for hours.
About a million faithful gathered to attend the Mass of canonization of the first Sri Lankan saint. This is an Indian missionary of the seventeenth century named Joseph Vaz who came to Sri Lanka defend Catholics persecuted.
The pope must continue his trip to Asia with a step Philipine where he will notably southeast of Manila thereby or Haiyan typhoon had nearly 8000 deaths in 2013.
