Pope Francis blesses the cross during a canonisation mass for Joseph Vaz in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on January 14, 2015. Hundreds of thousands of Sri Lankans crowded the Colombo seafront to take part in a vibrant open-air mass by Pope Francis, in one of the biggest public gatherings the city has ever witnessed. Many worshippers had waited all night for a glimpse of Francis, who canonised Sri Lanka's first saint, the 17th century missionary Joseph Vaz, during the colourful ceremony on Colombo's imposing Galle Face Green overlooking the Indian Ocean. AFP PHOTO / LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI