Huge crowds witness pope's Mass in Sri Lanka

Hundreds of thousands of people flocked to the shoreline of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo on Wednesday to witness Pope Francis canonize the country's first saint.

At the special beachfront Mass, the pope declared Indian-born priest Joseph Vaz as the island nation's first saint as millions of various faiths tuned in on the live broadcast.

"Like ourselves, Saint Joseph Vaz lived in a period of rapid and profound transformation," the pope told the crowd.

Later on Wednesday, Pope Francis will become the first pope to visit the once war torn northern regions of the country. Endi