President extends invitation to Pope to visit Sri Lanka

Colombo, March 3 (Daily Mirror) - President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has extended an invitation to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV to undertake an official visit to Sri Lanka.

According to the President’s Media Division, the official letter of invitation was handed over yesterday (02) at the Vatican by Minister Bimal Rathnayake, who is currently on an official visit to Italy. 

The letter was presented during a meeting with Monsignor Mihăiță Blaj, Under-Secretary for Relations with States.