Colombo, Sri
Lanka, (CNA/EWTN News) - Pope Francis has begun his
visit to Sri Lanka, voicing hopes for days of friendship, dialogue and
solidarity.”
It is my hope
that Sri Lanka’s political, religious and cultural leaders, by measuring their
every word and action by the good and the healing it will bring, will make a
lasting contribution to the material and spiritual progress of the Sri Lankan
people,” the Pope said during a welcoming ceremony at the Bandaranaike
International Airport on the morning of Jan. 13.