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In this handout photograph released by the Vatican press office on January 14, 2015 Pope Francis releases a dove during a religious service in Madhu on January 14, 2015. Hundreds of thousands of Sri Lankans from across the ethnic and religious divide flocked to the Our Lady of Madhu church, which was on the front line of Sri Lanka's decades-long ethnic war. Pope Francis flew in after a public mass in Colombo, where he spoke of the importance of "transcending religious divisions in the service of peace". AFP PHOTO / OSSERVATORE ROMANO / HO ----EDITORS NOTE---- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT - "AFP PHOTO / OSSERVATORE ROMANO" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----------