In Colombo 500,000 people attended this Wednesday Mass celebrated by Pope Francisco in Galle Face Green, a huge park on the shore of the Indian Ocean in Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital, to the holy missionary Joseph Vaz, said the spokesman Vatican, Federico Lombardi.
Thousands of faithful rose early in the park to attend the event, which celebrated the first holy Sinhala, the missionary Joseph Vaz, a religious of Portuguese origin born in Goa, India.
Were present at the time many religious, Catholic and Sri Lankans belonging to other religions such as Buddhists and Hindus, who would not miss the pope's visit to Sri Lanka.
About 10,000 arrived from Goa, the city where the new saint was born. The missionary Joseph Vaz went to Sri Lanka to help Catholics living severe persecution.
Lombardi had already revealed on Tuesday its surprise at the massive participation of the Sinhalese, as Catholics are only 6.2% of the population.
According to the Vatican spokesman, about 300 thousand people took to the streets to see the pope on the path that took the airport to the Apostolic Nunciature pontiff of Columbus, their place of lodging.
In the afternoon, the Pope will by helicopter to the Mahdu Shrine, in the north and in Tamil territory, which held a moment of prayer and deliver a speech. For this event, are also expected hundreds of thousands of people.
On the other hand, Lombardi also said the Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, delivered at the end of Mass today a donation of $ 70 thousand Sinhalese Catholics for the pope's charities.
Fonte: http://exame.abril.com.br/mundo/noticias/missa-papal-reune-mais-de-500-mil-no-sri-lanka-diz-vaticano
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