{"id":115441,"date":"2013-11-21T09:14:40","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T03:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=115441"},"modified":"2013-12-02T14:42:26","modified_gmt":"2013-12-02T09:12:26","slug":"gota-and-ioma-meet-pope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/gota-and-ioma-meet-pope\/","title":{"rendered":"Gota And Ioma Meet Pope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis received Secretary to the Ministry of Defence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Gotabaya+Rajapaksa&amp;x=9&amp;y=5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Gotabaya Rajapaksa<\/span><\/a> at an audience in the Vatican on Wednesday, says the Sri Lankan government.<\/p>\n<p>Rajapaksa who visited the Vatican as the Special Envoy of \u00a0the President Rajapaksa, conveyed to Pope Francis an invitation from President Mahinda Rajapaksa to visit Sri Lanka in the near future, the\u00a0Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the UN, Geneva\u00a0stated in a statement today<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HS_DS_photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-115442\" alt=\"HS_DS_photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HS_DS_photo.jpg\" width=\"430\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HS_DS_photo.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HS_DS_photo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HS_DS_photo-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a>The Sri Lanka Mission said; &#8220;During his visit, the Secretary also paid courtesy calls on dignitaries of the Vatican City State. 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