Pope Francis (C) blesses the altar during a mass in Colombo January 14, 2015. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Pope Francis started the second leg of his Asia tour on Thursday, departing from Sri Lanka after a two-day visit in which he preached a message of reconciliation between the country's different religious groups to huge crowds.
Francis visited a Church-founded, post-war reconstruction institute in Sri Lanka before boarding a flight to the Philippines, where he will stay until Monday. On Wednesday night he became only the second pope to visit a Buddhist temple.
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