Mass wedding for Lankan Tamil detainees

Priests from three religious faiths officiated and a Bollywood star witnessed at a mass wedding for 53 couples in a Sri Lankan detention centre for displaced Tamil people.

Tamil battleground visit shocks Lankan bishop

Sri Lankan Tamil Bishop Thomas Savundaranayagam has visited the civil war’s final battlefield for the first time since the fighting ended, and said rebuilding lives and churches in the area was an “unbearable burden” on the people there.

Lankan refugees trickle home

Tamil refugees are slowly returning to their villages six months after fighting ended in the country’s 26-year civil war. But many are returning to find their homes ruined and are seeking refuge in damaged churches.
The government says it is finally speeding up the resettlement process, UCA News reports.
Fr Santhia Joy Peppi Sosai, director of Caritas [...]

Opinion: The Church’s role in Sri Lanka

The Catholic Churches (in Sri Lanka) were treading a tight rope, acting to protect the interests of the Church incumbents serving the Tamil population in the North; while on the other side acting in the interests of the devotees in the Govt. controlled areas and Tamil Tiger areas, in order that the confidence reposed by [...]

Sri Lanka bishop, chief justice fear for northern Tamils’ future

World must not forget crimes of Sri Lanka

“There is a serious risk that the crimes committed by the government in Sri Lanka will be forgotten”, said Fr Jeuist Santhanam after a seminar held this week in Madurai in the Indian State Tamil Nadu, on the situation of the Tamil population in Sri Lanka.