Category - sri lanka

Sri Lankan pastors stay in danger zone to help victims of war

Ecumenical News International — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:16:41 +0000

While all aid workers including U.N. staff, on the orders of the Sri Lankan authorities, withdrew from the Vanni region which is held by Tamil rebels, the pastors decided to stay.

World churches hear divergent Buddhist views on Sri Lanka

agency reporter — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:00:35 +0000

Leaders of Sri Lanka's Buddhist majority expressed divergent views on resolving the ethnic conflict in their country, speaking to a world churches delegation in the capital Colombo.

Sri Lankan churches tread tough road to peace and reconciliation

agency reporter — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:48:53 +0000

Trauma and bitterness are among the challenges Sri Lankan churches must face in promoting peace and reconciliation as the island nation is in the middle of an intense war, a World Council of Churches delegation has learnt.

World churches' body maintains concern for global hotspots

staff writers — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:25:42 +0000

The executive committee of the World Council of Churches has used the opportunity of its latest gathering in Switzerland to maintain its active concern with many of the world's trouble spot and most pressing humanitarian issues.

Violence, ethnicity, religion and ancient symbols

Savi Hensman — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:23:50 +0000

A closer look at the Sri Lankan experience may throw some light on other situations where struggles supposedly based on ethnicity or religion turn out to be more complex – and where human rights are of critical importance, says Savi Hensman.

Help victims of torture

staff writers — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:01:28 +0000

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Muslims and Hindus join mourners for slain Sri Lankan Catholic priest

Ecumenical News International — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:10:41 +0000

The funeral of a Sri Lankan Roman Catholic priest tragically killed by a mine blast as he was on his way to distribute supplies to displaced people, has attracted more than 5,000 mourners including Hindus and Muslims.

War-damaged Sri Lankan church is becoming a peace centre

Ecumenical News International — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:28:34 +0000

A war-damaged Anglican church building along Jaffna's main road in Sri Lanka is to become a centre for peace and understanding - as the church seeks to join other non-violent groups within civil society working for an end to the country's decades long conflict.

Churches' mission in Sri Lanka is to end violence, says bishop

Ecumenical News International — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:05:53 +0000

Churches will fail in their mission if violence goes unabated in strife-torn Sri Lanka, a Roman Catholic bishop in the country has warned. He also backed the World Council of Churches' work on peace-building.

Sri Lanka solidarity visit planned by global churches

staff writers — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:08:00 +0000

War-torn Sri Lanka is to receive the first of a series of ecumenical "living letters" teams which will visit Christian communities facing situations of violence in different regions of the world.