Yesterday’s Mass on the shores of the Indain Ocean was a colorful mixture of the country’s diverse cultures, with hymns sung in both the Sinhala and Tamil languages as well as traditional dancers and drrummers from around the island
Crowds leaned in to touch the pope asomised he arrived in a customised open-topped car,before kissing the altar to mark the start of the service.
As a choir sang welcoming hymns,the pontiff greeted people in wheelchairs who had been pushed forward to the front of the front of the vast crowd to receive his blessing.