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TORONTO - A light in the darkness has travelled across centuries, cultures and continents to wind up in Fr. Joseph ChandrakanthanöÏÓãÊÓƵapp living room in Toronto.

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COLOMBO, SRI LANKA - Passing through Rome on the way to the Jan. 14 canonization of Fr. Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Sri Lanka, I heard something extraordinary from Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for Saints.

]]> fr_desouza@catholicregister.org (Fr. Raymond J. de Souza) Fr. Raymond de Souza Thu, 22 Jan 2015 10:00:00 -0500 Pope proclaims Joseph Vaz Sri Lanka's first saint /home/international/item/19534-pope-proclaims-joseph-vaz-sri-lanka-s-first-saint /home/international/item/19534-pope-proclaims-joseph-vaz-sri-lanka-s-first-saint COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Canonizing Sri Lanka's first saint, who ministered to Catholics under persecution three centuries earlier, Pope Francis proclaimed what he called the "fundamental human right" of religious freedom.
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