A Brief Colonial History Of Ceylon(SriLanka)
Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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Thiranjala Weerasinghe sj.- One Island Two Nations
?????????????????????????????????????????????????Sunday, November 2, 2014
Gota to move to Catholic Church
SUNDAY, 02 NOVEMBER 2014
Defense Secretary convening members of the Catholic Bishops Conference
to Bishops House on the 21st has stated Pope’s visit to Sri Lanka should
somehow or other take place before the presidential election as the
President would not be happy if that doesn’t happen.
Catholic Bishops' Conference Sri Lanka is an independent, impartial body and it functions without any pressure. The Council was surprised by the stern request made by the Defense Secretary and they say never had a defense head of the country addressed the Catholic Bishops' Conference Sri Lanka in that manner.
Meanwhile, Catholic priests from the Western Province were convened by the Defense Secretary to Naval Club House at Uswetakeiyawa on the 23rd at 6.00 p.m. The defense Secretary has addressed about 50 to 60 Catholic priests here and had spoken about the development projects of the government and beautification of Colombo city.
The priests for this meeting have been convened through head priests and priests had thought they were called to discuss Pope’s visit to Sri Lanka.
The attempt is to use Pope’s visit to boost Mahinda’s image for the presidential election and pressurize Catholic Church and make the visit a project of Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.
After the incident Catholic priests in Sri Lanka have been thoroughly disappointed and question whether Pope’s visit is managed and arranged according to the wishes of the government.
Meanwhile, His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, the Archbishop of Colombo said that the Bishops' Conference will stick to the dates as announced in the Vatican itinerary and the Bishops are doing their utmost to prepare everything for the Pope’s visit, His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, presiding at the Presbyteral meeting of the Archdiocese of Colombo on Monday 27th October 2014 confirmed the visit of Holy Father Pope Francis to Sri Lanka on 13th & 14th January 2015.
Catholic Bishops' Conference Sri Lanka is an independent, impartial body and it functions without any pressure. The Council was surprised by the stern request made by the Defense Secretary and they say never had a defense head of the country addressed the Catholic Bishops' Conference Sri Lanka in that manner.
Meanwhile, Catholic priests from the Western Province were convened by the Defense Secretary to Naval Club House at Uswetakeiyawa on the 23rd at 6.00 p.m. The defense Secretary has addressed about 50 to 60 Catholic priests here and had spoken about the development projects of the government and beautification of Colombo city.
The priests for this meeting have been convened through head priests and priests had thought they were called to discuss Pope’s visit to Sri Lanka.
The attempt is to use Pope’s visit to boost Mahinda’s image for the presidential election and pressurize Catholic Church and make the visit a project of Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.
After the incident Catholic priests in Sri Lanka have been thoroughly disappointed and question whether Pope’s visit is managed and arranged according to the wishes of the government.
Meanwhile, His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, the Archbishop of Colombo said that the Bishops' Conference will stick to the dates as announced in the Vatican itinerary and the Bishops are doing their utmost to prepare everything for the Pope’s visit, His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, presiding at the Presbyteral meeting of the Archdiocese of Colombo on Monday 27th October 2014 confirmed the visit of Holy Father Pope Francis to Sri Lanka on 13th & 14th January 2015.