Pope Francis gives Sri Lanka its first saint

January 14, 2015 10:34

Pope Francis gave Sri Lanka its first saint today and canonised Indian-born missionary Joseph Vaz. Speaking to thousands, who had collected for a mass, said that Vaz was an example of religious tolerance relevant to Sri Lanka. Saint Joseph shows us the importance of transcending religious divisions in the service of peace," he said in his homily.

Vaz, who was captured as a suspected spy after he crept into the tropical island in disguise was born in 1651 in India's Goa, then a Portuguese colony.

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