Just after he disembarked the plane at the International Airport of Colombo, Pope Francis delivered his first speech, in which he recalled Sri Lanka's sad past, the civil war that lasted a quarter of a century and the wounds that remain open.
Ngelilanga lakhululwa ngalo, eminyakeni lenge-31 leyendlulile, Madiba wetfula inkhulumo yakhe yekucale esiveni lapha eKapa, wakhumbuta bantfu baseNingizimu Afrika kutsi kunemalanga lamatima letako, nekutsi futsi lemphi bekusesekhashane kabi kutsi incotjwe.