Last updated: January 26, 2015
Selected news reports, op eds and analysis on Pope Francis' visit to Sri Lanka and the Philippines in January 2015:
PRIMARY TEXTS
- Full text in English of the Pope's Press Conference on Flight from Manila to Rome (Catholic News Agency, 19 January 2015)
- Full text in English of the Pope’s Press Conference on Flight from Colombo to Manila (America, 15 January 2015)
- Pope Francis: Homily for canonization of St. Joseph Vaz (America, 14 January 2015)
VIDEOS
PAPAL MASS - MANILA 18 JANUARY 2015
PAPAL MASS - TACLOBAN 17 JANUARY 2015
PAPAL MASS - MANILA 16 JANUARY 2015
POPE FRANCIS AND FILIPINO YOUTH - 18 JANUARY 2015
POPE FRANCIS AT THE MARIAN SHRINE AT MADHU, SRI LANKA - 14 JANUARY 2015
PAPAL MASS - SRI LANKA, 14 JANUARY 2015
POPE FRANCIS' INTERRELIGIOUS MEETING - SRI LANKA, 13 JANUARY 2015
PHILIPPINES
- Pope's words on family draw praise (National Catholic Reporter, 26 January 2015)
- Pope Francis' visit to the Philippines spoke to Filipinos heart-to-heart (National Catholic Reporter, 23 January 2015)
- Francis lambasts international aid, suggests Catholics should limit children (National Catholic Reporter, 19 January 2015)
- Waiting on Pope Francis — and true leadership — at typhoon’s ‘ground zero’ (UCA News, 19 January 2015)
- Francis tells youth to ensure women's role in society (UCA News, 19 January 2015)
- Pope euphoria quickly fades in Philippine typhoon zone (UCA News, 19 January 2015)
- Pope Francis celebrates feast of Santo Nino with 6 million (National Catholic Reporter, 19 January 2015)
- Where are the women, Pope Francis asks UST crowd (Rappler, 18 January 2015)
- Before Record Crowd, Francis Entrusts a Double Mission to Philippine Catholics (America, 18 January 2015)
- After Francis: what the 'Pope of Surprises' means for Philippines bishops (Catholic News Agency, 18 January 2015)
- Francis may be many things, but Asia proved he's never a bore (Crux, 18 January 2015)
- Pope attracts world-record crowd in rain-soaked Philippines (UCA News, 18 January 2015)
- Pope Francis delivers another 'Thrilla in Manila' (Crux, 18 January 2015)
- Francis tells Filipinos to evangelize, fight 'insidious attacks' against family (National Catholic Reporter, 18 January 2015)
- Francis struggles to answer crying girl's question about suffering (National Catholic Reporter, 17 January 2015)
- Pope braves coming storm to meet typhoon victims in Tacloban (UCA News, 17 January 2015)
- Pope Comforts the Survivors of the Typhoon telling them, ‘You are not alone, Jesus never lets you down (America, 17 January 2015)
- Pope in Manila Calls for Elimination of Social Inequalities, Injustices and Corruption (America, 17 January 2015)
- Millions Turn Out in Manila to Cheer ‘The Pope of the Poor’ (America, 16 January 2015)
- Indigenous leaders in Mindanao confer 'elder' status on pope (UCA News, 16 January 2015)
- Pope tells Filipinos to 'reject' corruption (UCA News, 16 January 2015)
- Francis warns against 'threats to the family' (UCA News, 16 January 2015)
- Francis braves tropical storm to offer consolation to typhoon victims (National Catholic Reporter, 16 January 2015)
- Braving storm, poncho-clad pope visits typhoon zone (Crux, 16 January 2015)
- Francis to Philippine government: Stop the corruption (National Catholic Reporter, 15 January 2015)
- Philippine typhoon survivors ‘paint Tacloban white’ (UCA News, 15 January 2015)
- 'Our faith makes us stand up again and again,' Cardinal Tagle tells Pope (UCA News, 15 January 2015)
- Pope begins visit to passionately Catholic Philippines (UCA News, 15 January 2015)
- Sights and sounds amid 'Pope-mania' in the Philippines (Crux, 15 January 2015)
- Manila Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle: The Asian Pope Francis (Crux, 15 January 2015)
- Crowds greet Pope Francis in Manila (National Catholic Reporter, 15 January 2015)
- Quevedo: Francis', Asian church's definitions of dialogue are the same (National Catholic Reporter, 14 January 2015)
- Anticipation and excitement build for Pope Francis' visit to the Philippines (National Catholic Reporter, 14 January 2015)
- Popemania is sweeping the Philippines ahead of Pope Francis' visit (Crux, 13 January 2015)
- All in a cardinal's day: Prep for the pope, help the poor (Crux, 13 January 2015)
- Steadfast Philippine church rises from rubble to welcome Francis (National Catholic Reporter, 7 January 2015)
SRI LANKA
- Pope Francis changes schedule to visit Sri Lankan Buddhist temple (The Guardian, 14 January 2015)
- Francis spontaneously visits Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka (National Catholic Reporter, 14 January 2015)
- Pope Francis makes surprise visit to Buddhist temple (Crux, 14 January 2015)
- Francis makes impromptu visit to Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka (Catholic News Agency, 14 January 2015)
- Pope, at Shrine at Madhu, Prays for Reconciliation and Rebuilding of the Unity that Was Lost (America, 14 January 2015)
RELATED: A Pilgrimage to Madhu (America, 9 January 2015) - In former Sri Lanka war zone, Francis delivers message of hope (UCA News, 14 January 2015)
- Urging reconciliation, Pope Francis visits Marian shrine in former combat zone (Crux, 14 January 2015)
- Francis calls on Sri Lankans to acknowledge sin, evil of civil war (National Catholic Reporter, 14 January 2015)
- Francis says religious dialogue can't come at cost of faith (National Catholic Reporter, 13 January 2015)
- Francis issues clarion call for protection of religious liberty (National Catholic Reporter, 13 January 2015)
- Pope: ‘Put Reconciliation Among All Sri Lankans at the Heart of Every Effort to Renew Society.' (America, 13 January 2015)
- Pope in Sri Lanka Calls for Reconciliation and Healing After the War (America, 13 January 2015)
- Pope calls for truth, peace in Sri Lanka remarks (UCA News, 13 January 2015)
- Pope urges respect for human rights on Sri Lanka trip (UCA News, 13 January 2015)
- Pope Canonizes Sri Lanka’s First Saint at Ceremony Attended by 500,000 People (America, 14 January, 2015)
- Pope canonizes Sri Lanka's first saint, urges religious freedom (UCA News, 14 January 2015)
- Sri Lanka's first saint is an icon of Catholicism in Asia (Crux, 13 January 2015)
- Pope calls on Sri Lankan religious leaders to seek true reconciliation (UCA News, 13 January 2015)
- Pope Francis is chairman of the board for religious moderates (Crux, 13 January 2015)
- In Asia, Pope backs interfaith dialogue -- with a 'but' (Crux, 13 January 2015)
- Asians look forward to Pope Francis, healing (National Catholic Reporter, 13 January 2015)
- In Sri Lanka, Francis makes 'miracles,' but struggle for peace continues (National Catholic Reporter, 12 January 2015)
- Pope backs truth commissions on day one in Asia (Crux, 12 January 2015)
- Church in Sri Lanka's former war zone awaits first papal visit (UCA News, 12 January 2015)
- Pope Francis has a chance to do some good in Sri Lanka (Crux, 12 January 2015)
- For Sri Lanka, Pope's visit solidifies peace after brutal civil war (Catholic News Agency, 9 January 2015)
- Preparing for Francis, Sri Lanka Church considers roadmap for peace (Catholic News Agency, 9 January 2015)
GENERAL
- Pope backtracks on 'rabbits' comments, praises big families (UCA News, 22 January 2015)
- Pope acknowledges corruption within the Church (UCA News, 21 January 2015)
- Pope says he is willing to visit China (UCA News, 20 January 2015)
- Pope Francis has rebooted the debate on family and sexual mores (Crux, 20 January 2015)
- Pope says Catholics do not need to breed 'like rabbits' (UCA News, 20 January 2015)
- Pope Francis rules out Mexico, border stop on US trip (Crux, 19 January 2015)
- Francis warns against 'ideological colonization' of family, reaffirms contraception ban (National Catholic Reporter, 16 January 2015)
- Pope Francis criticizes gay marriage, backs ban on contraception (Crux, 16 January 2015)
- Pope Francis says there are 'limits' to freedom of speech (UCA News, 16 January 2015)
- Vatican dials back pugnacious pope (National Catholic Reporter, 15 January 2015)
- About Paris attacks, Francis says freedom of expression has certain limits (National Catholic Reporter, 15 January 2015)
- Pope Francis on Charlie Hebdo: Respect for religion should limit freedom of expression (America, 15 January 2015)
- After Charlie Hebdo, pope says free speech has its limits (Crux, 15 January 2015)
- On the road, narrative is a pope's best friend (Crux, 14 January 2015)
- What to watch for as Pope Francis takes Asia by storm (Crux, 11 January 2015)
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