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January 22, 2015

Toronto priest treasures saint’s lamp that kept flame of faith alight

Fr. Joseph Chandrakanthan holds a 16th-century lamp believed to have been used by St. Joseph Vaz in Sillalai, Sri Lanka.

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

Published in Canada
January 22, 2015

St. Joseph Vaz, the great missionary saint

A statue of St. Joseph Vaz at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rosary in Madhu, Sri Lanka.

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.

Published in Fr. Raymond de Souza
January 14, 2015

Pope proclaims Joseph Vaz Sri Lanka's first saint

Pilgrims from Goa, India, hold a sign thanking Pope Francis before the canonization Mass of St. Joseph Vaz at Galle Face Green in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Jan. 14. St. Vaz was born in Goa.
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.
Published in International