🇻🇦 Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith Meets Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican

• Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, held an official meeting with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Friday, January 23, 2026. • The meeting was formally documented in the Holy See News Bulletin, marking a significant engagement between the Sri Lankan Catholic hierarchy and the global papacy. • Accompanying the Cardinal was Fr. Derinton Subasinghe, Secretary to Cardinal Ranjith. • While specific discussion points were not detailed in the provisional bulletin, such high-level meetings typically address ecclesiastical matters and the current socio-economic landscape of Sri Lanka.