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by bcadmin | Nov 3, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in Asia, News, Protests, Sri Lanka | 0 |
Sri Lankan police blocked more than a thousand protesters who were attempting to march to the capital’s main railroad station on Wednesday to demand the release of two detained protest leaders.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 16, 2022 | Associated Press, Church bombings, Church in Asia, News, Sri Lanka | 0 |
A Sri Lankan court issued a summons on Friday ordering an ex-president to appear in a case alleging he failed to prevent suicide bomb attacks in 2019 that killed nearly 270 people.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 28, 2022 | Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Catholic News Service, Church bombings, Church in Asia, News, Sri Lanka | 0 |
If Sri Lankan leaders are honest and not involved in the 2019 Easter attacks, they should not be afraid of investigations, said Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 11, 2022 | Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Caritas, Church in Asia, Corruption, Economic crisis, government, lead, News, Sri Lanka | 0 |
Sri Lanka’s top prelate has urged the country’s political leaders to make good on their promise to resign this week and has voiced hope that a new government will be able to bring the South Asian nation out of its current woes.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 8, 2022 | Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Church in Asia, lead, News, Sri Lanka | 0 |
Sri Lanka’s leading Catholic prelate is calling on the president and prime minister to resign in the face of the South Asian country’s growing economic crisis.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 18, 2022 | Catholic Church, Church in Asia, lead, News, Sri Lanka | 0 |
With the government teetering alongside its economy, Sri Lanka’s Catholic bishops are sending out an SOS.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 8, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Catholic nuns, Church in Asia, News, Sri Lanka | 0 |
Activists called on Sri Lankan authorities not to arrest an activist nun who has supported anti-government protesters.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 10, 2022 | Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Catholic News Service, Church in Asia, News, Sri Lanka | 0 |
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith appealed for peace as clashes broke out in the island nation after the prime minister quit amid a worsening economic crisis.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 9, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Asia, News, Sri Lanka | 0 |
Religious leaders called on the Sri Lankan government to reconsider the state of emergency and not restrict people’s rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and expression.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 26, 2022 | Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Church in Asia, Easter, Easter Sunday bombing, lead, News, Pope Francis, Sri Lanka, Terrorism, Vatican | 0 |
Victims of the gruesome 2019 bombings in Sri Lanka gathered in Rome this week alongside local church leaders to seek support from the pope and to call for justice and an independent inquiry into who is responsible.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 17, 2022 | Associated Press, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Church in Asia, Easter Sunday bombing, News, Sri Lanka, terrorist attacks | 0 |
Sri Lankans protesting for days near the president’s office criticized a lack of progress in finding those responsible for the deaths of more than 260 people in Islamic State-inspired bombings on Easter Sunday three years ago.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 10, 2022 | Associated Press, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Church in Asia, News, Sri Lanka, terrorist attacks | 0 |
Thousands of Sri Lankans rallied in the country’s main business district and Christian clergy marched in the capital to observe a day of protest
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