Sri Lanka

Pope Francis appointed Father Antony Wyman Croos of the clergy of the Diocese of Chilaw as the new bishop of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka. The announcement was made on March 5, 2024.

The Caritas Social and Economic Development (SED) Centre of the Diocese of Galle in South Sri Lanka organized “Suwa Dekma,” a local food and ayurvedic exhibition, on December 11, 2023.

Mr. Nihal Silva and Shamali Silva contacted a family enrichment program for 50 couples at the Queen of the Holy Rosary Cathedral, Galle Diocese in Sri Lanka, on December 9, 2023.

Pope Francis appointed the Reverend Arachchige Don Wimal Siri Appuhamy Jayasuriya as the new bishop of Chilaw, Sri Lanka, on December 6.

Despite the protracted social, political, and economic crisis, the people of Sri Lanka continue to face challenges with hope, says a Sri Lanka bishop.

The Claretian missionaries held a Word Conference on the theme of “The Biblical Perspective of Synodality” on October 28 in St. Claret Seminary, Kattuwa, Sri Lanka.

Ranjith urged children to love their faith and follow Jesus through Mary.

Father Rajendram was a committed Jesuit, illustrious academic, and devoted pastor, said Father Navaretnam.

Two countries in Asia have earned their spots on the “most miserable countries list” of 2022.

Cardinal Ranjith stated, "We regret that the government has failed to investigate the relationship between military intelligence and Saharan's terrorist group."

"It is with deep regret that we announce the demise of His Grace the Most Rev. Dr. Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis, Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo on Friday the 3rd February 2023," says a press release from the Colombo Archbishop's House.

Father Echchampulle Arachchige Jude Nisantha Silva was named the new bishop of Badulla by Pope Francis on January 30.

“Once the Catholic Church functioned as a bishop-priest centered church and did only what the bishop or the priest would say. Today, we no longer need such sacristy Catholics,” Cardinal Ranjith.

Cardinal Ranjith stated that “This is a beginning, and it is a very happy beginning, and we are very happy that the learned judges gave us such hope for a future for this country, which is a much-needed hope for the development of our nation.”

Sri Lankan Supreme Court has ruled that Former President and the police and intelligence chiefs have violated the fundamental rights of the victims by failing to act to prevent the Easter Sunday attacks in 2019 despite receiving intelligence information.

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith urged the Colombo Catholic community to embrace their brothers and sisters wholly to build the New Sri Lanka. “Even though it has been 75 years since Sri Lanka gained independence, today, we are slaves of the world,” according to Cardinal Ranjith.

Veritas Sinhala Day was celebrated on Saturday, November 26 at Namel-Malani Punchi theatre, Borella, Sri Lanka.

Alfred Perera, a veteran radio broadcaster, journalist, and actor from Sri Lanka, embarked on a new mission, as the Sinhala Program producer and commentator at 'Radio Veritas Asia', in Manila, Philippines in 1986. From Radio Veritas he was able to broadcast the Good News through short wave radio to his own people back in Sri Lanka.

In a special statement released on November 8, Cardinal Ranjit stated that “Cruel and intolerable suppression exercised or being exercised by the existing Government against the leaders of protests and activists for Human rights in the country." Particularly, he condemned the Government for “the abusive and unjustified manner” in which the prevention of terrorism act is used for “arresting social leaders and those engaged in peaceful resistance to such policies.”

The Novel “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida,” is about a photographer who wakes up dead, with “seven moons” or a week to ask his friends and loved ones to find his photos and expose the brutality of the island's sectarian conflict. Accepting the prize, Karunatilaka said, “My hope for Seven Moons is this, that it is read in a Sri Lanka that has understood that these ideas of corruption and race-baiting and cronyism have not worked and will never work.”