Pope Francis is returning to Asia for the second time stopping first in Sri Lanka a predominantly Buddhist country from January 13-15 and then taking a flight to the Philippines the most populous Catholic country in Asia where he will stay from January 15-19 This is his seventh foreign trip si

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The newly-elected President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena will welcome Pope Francis when he arrives at Colombo international airport on Tuesday morning January 13 His predecessor Mahinda Rajapaksa who had been in power for ten years and had hoped for a third term in office invited Francis

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