Sri Lankan bishops urge government to release blast inquiry
Colombo, Sri LankaAP Sri Lanka’s Roman Catholic bishops said on Monday that they are suspicious of the government’s motives in not sharing the report of a presidential commission of inquiry into Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks in 2019 that killed more than 260 people, and instead appointing another committee to study it. In this 21st […]
Sri Lanka Catholic bishops oppose proposed charter amendment
Colombo, Sri LankaAP Sri Lanka’s Catholic leaders urged the government on Tuesday not to proceed with a constitutional amendment that would consolidate power in the president’s hands, saying it would undermine democracy. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Sri Lanka said the government should concentrate instead on drafting a new constitution that will strengthen democracy, equality […]