Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe

Sri Lanka bids for Christmas tree record despite church snub

On: December 13, 2016

There was no immediate comment from the archbishop who described the scheme as “wasteful expenditure” last week and said that the estimated $200,000 cost would have been better spent on alleviating poverty.Continue Reading

Sri Lankan premier seeks bishops’ support in reconciliation mission

By: Matters India

On: November 30, 2016

In: FABC 2016, Top Story

By Santosh Digal Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has sought suggestions from Catholic bishops of Asia to set up a ministry for family affairs. Such a ministry is necessary to carry forward the government’s plans to foster peace and reconciliation in a nation recovering from decades of civil war. ThisContinue Reading