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Bishop of Mannar calls for Madhu Shrine to be respected as Peace Zone April 2nd, 2008

Bishop Joseph, Catholic Bishop of Mannar Diocese in Sri Lanka, is calling for the Sri Lankan military and the LTTE (Tamil Tigers) to leave the Madhu Shrine area and respect it as a peace zone. (Download PDF of Bp. Joseph’s letter)

Sri Lankan Oblate Statement on Deepened Instability July 5th, 2007

As the largest men’s religious and Catholic congregation which has been serving the people of Sri Lanka for the last 175 years, and a group both of indigenous and foreign missionaries who have labored and still continue to work for the human, educational, social, cultural and spiritual welfare and well-being of our people in all parts of the country, we are deeply concerned and perturbed by the horrendous and shocking events that are overtaking our country at the present moment, bringing such misery and untold suffering.

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