COLOMBO: A million worshippers packed the Colombo seafront to greet Pope Francis as he canonized Sri Lanka’s first saint on Wednesday in the biggest public celebration the city has ever witnessed.
Many had waited through the night to see the first pope to visit the island in two decades to canonize Joseph Vaz, a 17th century missionary who disguised himself as a beggar to evade persecution.
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