Pope Francis has highlighted the need for "justice, healing and unity" in Sri Lanka, where he arrived Tuesday for the start of a weeklong trip to Asia.
Pope Urges Justice, Unity in Sri Lanka
![Pope Francis waves to the crowd as he arrives to hold a mass at Colombo's seafront Galle Face Green for the canonization ceremony of Joseph Vaz, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b787172a-7d6a-441f-b861-5e14c654f8d3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis waves to the crowd as he arrives to hold a mass at Colombo's seafront Galle Face Green for the canonization ceremony of Joseph Vaz, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015.
![Pope Francis receives a piece of paper from a Catholic faithful as he arrives to lead mass in Colombo, Jan. 14, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4bbcb985-8290-4025-97a8-fe0003c39e53_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis receives a piece of paper from a Catholic faithful as he arrives to lead mass in Colombo, Jan. 14, 2015.
![Pope Francis blesses the altar during a mass in Colombo, Jan. 14, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/153a5236-6493-4093-ab4d-2e115a05d63c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis blesses the altar during a mass in Colombo, Jan. 14, 2015.
![Pope Francis offers a blessing during a mass in Colombo, Jan. 14, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7f07bcd9-bcfe-46d7-9e18-91ddedb2bec4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis offers a blessing during a mass in Colombo, Jan. 14, 2015.
![Pope Francis smiles after getting a garland from a child as he arrives for an interfaith meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6af968c6-cd34-4469-8ee6-1de378ca9295_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis smiles after getting a garland from a child as he arrives for an interfaith meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015.
![Pope Francis arrives in Sri Lanka for the first leg of a weeklong trip to Asia, Sri Lanka, Jan. 13, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/144f492a-35fa-40af-9fcb-6490b7fe1790_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis arrives in Sri Lanka for the first leg of a weeklong trip to Asia, Sri Lanka, Jan. 13, 2015.
![Pope Francis shakes hands with Muslim Maulavi Ash-Sheikh M.F. M. Fazil (right) during the Interreligious Encounter in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Jan. 13, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a74ebc17-2bc7-4c70-a94d-ae9c82625579_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis shakes hands with Muslim Maulavi Ash-Sheikh M.F. M. Fazil (right) during the Interreligious Encounter in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Jan. 13, 2015.
![Pope Francis waves to people waiting to welcome him on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Jan. 13, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/345ac92b-a1bf-48dd-92ba-5560669f2228_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis waves to people waiting to welcome him on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Jan. 13, 2015.
![A.G. Praxida (center left) and Mary Josephine Warnakulasuriya pray with others as they wait to attend a mass by Pope Francis, at the Galle Face in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Jan. 13, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5ad1fd7c-65cd-42fa-99ac-6d62e1d529ec_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A.G. Praxida (center left) and Mary Josephine Warnakulasuriya pray with others as they wait to attend a mass by Pope Francis, at the Galle Face in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Jan. 13, 2015.
![Karla Ortiz, 11, of Las Vegas, dives into balloons on the floor after the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/def1eda6-595c-4688-aa6f-2da9d53b5a3b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Karla Ortiz, 11, of Las Vegas, dives into balloons on the floor after the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
![Pope Francis is greeted as he arrives at the Colombo Airport, Sri Lanka, Jan. 13, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3403351a-8242-412d-901a-de62aa7222a6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis is greeted as he arrives at the Colombo Airport, Sri Lanka, Jan. 13, 2015.