PRESS RELEASE
01-10-2026
On 30th September His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith together with Msgr. Neville Joe Perera and 50 archdiocesan priests met with His Holiness Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican.
The group paid a courtesy call to the Holy Father at conclusion of their 2-week annual pilgrimage to Europe & the Vatican at the General Papal Audience.
His Eminence briefly informed the pope about the pilgrimage and conveyed the greetings and prayers of Sri Lankan people.Later the Holy Father went on personally to meet and bless the group of priests and posed for a group photo.
Archdiocesan Social Communications Office
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Colombo