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Sri Lanka, Nachrichtenüberblick Archiv: 28. Oktober 2005 - 31. Dezember 2008   Auf dieser Seite finden Sie: Meldungen 01. Oktober - 31. Dezember 2008 Meldungen 01. Juli - 30. September 2008 Meldungen 01. April - 30. Juni 2008 Meldungen 01. Januar - 31. März 2008 Meldungen 01. Oktober - 31. Dezember 2007 Meldungen 01. Juli - 30. September 2007 Meldungen 01. April - 30. Juni 2007 Meldungen 01. Januar - 31. März 2007 Meldungen 01. November - 31. Dezemer 2006 Meldungen 01. August - 31. Oktober 2006 Meldungen 01. Mai - 31. Juli 2006 Meldungen 01. Januar - 30. April 2006 Meldungen 28. Oktober - 31. Dezember 2005     Meldungen 01. Oktober - 31. Dezember 2008         December 31    Sixteen orphans kidnapped by Tamil Tigers are freed  December 18    Declare Christmas truce, Bishops tell Tigers  December 15    Caritas Celebrates 40 Years Of Helping Victims Of War, Disasters  December 15    Catechists Coach Hindus As Well As Catholics For National Exams  December 12    In the future of Caritas, commitment to peace and reconciliation  December 11    Refugees flee Tamil Tigers, but are corralled into government centers  December 09    Caritas Sri Lanka: tsunami aid, and a 40-year history  December 05    Caritas Water Tanks Quench Farmers' Thirst In Dry Zone  December 04    Foreign, Local Religious Leaders Meet With President To Discuss War, Humanitarian Crisis  December 03    Jaffna Bishop Seeks Indian Help To End Tamils' Captivity  December 03    Brothers of Charity helping the island nation’s disabled youth  December 02    Caritas celebrates 40th anniversary in Colombo with trade fair expo  December 02    Pope To Sri Lankan President: Only Dialogue Leads To Lasting Solution November 26    Church Helps Coastal Youths Kick Drugs And Alcohol  November 24    Our Lady of Madhu Shrine to reopen 8 December  November 17    Country celebrates victory over Tamil Tigers, but forgets dead and displaced  November 12    Caritas Hopes Pilgrims Can Visit Madhu Shrine At Christmas  November 11    Commemoration of Cardinal Coory, Sri Lanka's first cardinal  November 10    Catholics Take Steps Toward Beatification Of Cardinal Cooray  November 07    Catholics In Embattled Jaffna Maintain Unattended Graves  November 06    Le chapelet, seule arme des réfugiés tamouls October 31      Refugees Trust In Prayer To Bring Long-awaited Resettlement  October 25      Restorative Justice in the Healing of our Nation  October 23      Ten years of Caritas in the heart of Sri Lanka  October 17      Bishop Urges Warring Factions To Respect Life  October 03      Christians Collect Relief Items For Displaced In Northern War Zone         Meldungen 01. Juli - 30. September 2008         September 29   Religious Leaders Call For Peace As War Intensifies  September 29   Justice and Peace accusation: government blocking food aid to 150,000 refugees  September 23   Catholic Bishops' Conference Appeal for the Displaced People  September 18   Church Stays In War Zone As Humanitarian Agencies Leave  September 18   More than a hundred thousand helpless refugees flee fighting between army and Tamil rebels  September 14   Bishops of Mannar and Jaffna appeal for food and relief for the displaced people in Wanni and Kilinochchi  September 09   Church Raises Money For People Displaced By War  September 08   Government and rebels responsible for 94,000 displaced families, says bishop of Mannar  September 04   Silence of IC indelible for Tamil memory - Fr. Emmanuel August 30        Sri Lanka contradicts BBC news report on refugees, while Catholic Bishops disassociated themselves from it  August 27        Catholic commission in Vanni highlights IDPs plight  August 22        Amid violence and intimidations two Sri Lankan provinces go to the polls  August 22        Religious Leaders Discuss Violence, Media Suppression With Official  August 21        Interreligious Groups Promoting Sri Lankan Peace  August 19        Pilgrims Return Safely After Subdued Celebration At Marian Shrine  August 14        Sri Lankan diapora thanked Pope Benedict for intervening to reinstall the statute of Virgin Mary in Madhu Church  August 12        Visits To Madhu Shrine Frustrated After Marian Statue's Return  August 11        The statute of Our Lady of Madhu enthroned in the Madhu Church  August 08        Sri Lanka, feast of Assumption canceled for "security reasons" July 31            Church Leader Concerned After Media Distort His Comments On Civil War  July 30            Crime and human rights violations, Jaffna plunges into chaos  July 30            Supreme Court Allows Church Construction To Proceed  July 28            Prayer vigil in Colombo to remember the victims of ‘black July’  July 27            My comments grossly distorted by Govt: Archbishop  July 26            On the Vatican Radio news report published locally  July 24            Madhu Statue Brought To Bishop's House Due To 'Heavy Fighting'  July 23            Victory for Catholics in Italy: Madhu Statue Awaiting its Eventual Journey back to Madhu Church  July 23            Bombings intensify, "Our Lady of Madhu" moved  July 21            Church Appeals Over Crippling Rise In Electricity Bills         Meldungen 01. April - 30. Juni 2008         June 27           Archbishop Asks Catechists To Teach True History Of Local Church  June 20           Protests and rallies against the Church  June 16           Devotees Hope Damaged Madhu Marian Shrine Will Reopen For Feasts  June 10           Buddhists, Catholics Condemn Attacks Targeting Civilians  June 10           Anglican and Catholic bishops call for an end to the slaughter of civilians  June 09           TARGETING OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS MUST END. A Statement by the Rt Revd Duleep de Chickera, Bishop of Colombo  June 05           Church Helps Flood Victims With Food, Shelter  June 04           Papal Address to Sri Lankan Envoy  June 03           Sincere Negotiations Are Only Way To Peace, Pope Tells New Sri Lankan Ambassador June 03           Major Religious Superiors Call On Government, Rebels To Stop War And Negotiate May 30            Attack On Catholic Journalist Sparks Church, Civic Condemnation  May 30            Clashes in Jaffna kill six civilians, damages Catholic buildings  May 27            Church Volunteers Help Document Flawed Local Election In Troubled East  May 15            Church in Sri Lanka Decries Use of Child Soldiers  May 13            Military to allow the return of the statue of Our Lady of Madhu  May 07            Church of Sri Lanka: enlistment of child soldiers continues    April 28            Army gives Madhu shrine back to diocese  April 28            Church Hopes Home Gardening Will Help Youth Lessen Food Shortage  April 25            Catholics Rally For All Worship Places To Be 'War-Free Zones'  April 24            The Church demonstrates and prays for the protection of the shrine of Madhu  April 24            Toddlers Not Too Young To Start Building Ethnic, Religious Harmony  April 22            Tamils’ daily misery in northern refugee camps  April 21            Catholic Bishops' Conference Sri Lanka asks LTTE to leave the Madhu Shrine  April 21            Catholic Priest Killed Returning From Sunday Mass  April 21            Tamil and army blame each in the murder of another priest  April 18            Mothers' Gift Of Their Sons To Priesthood Brings Fear  April 17            Bishops Deny Charges That Statue Removal Abets Tamil Rebel Struggle  April 10            Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle’s Death Cast a Shadow on Catholic Bishops’ Loyalty to Sri Lanka  April 09            Buddhists, Christians Remember Slain Catholic Minister For Efforts To Promote Interreligious Harmony  April 08            Faithful against the transfer of the statue of Our Lady of Madhu  April 04            Bishop Removes Madhu Shrine Statue To Avoid Damage During Fighting  April 02            4,000 against war manoeuvres at the Shrine of our Lady of Madhu  April 01            APPEAL TO PROTECT THE SHRINE OF OUR LADY OF MADHU FROM ALL MILITARY PRESENCE AND OPERATIONS  April 01            Church Offers Shoulder For Tamil Youths To Lean On         Meldungen 01. Januar - 31. März 2008         March 31          March, the most difficult month for Tamils in Mannar  March 27          Church Unites Children In Face Of Religious, Ethnic Tensions  March 22          An Easter Message to the Nation from the Rt Revd Duleep de Chickera, Bishop of Colombo  March 20          Annual Fest On Isolated Island Cancelled Again In War-Torn North  March 17          Nuns, Priests, Brothers Gather To Promote Peace Through Truth  March 14          Fighting Leads To Exodus, School Closures In North  March 03          Hindus Traumatized By Civil War Join Way Of The Cross February 26      Troubled Diocese Gets Long-awaited Auxiliary Bishop  February 19      UCAN Journal - Much To Learn From The Tsunami Clean-up Experience  February 19      Protestant clergyman killed in Ampara  February 15      The Church of Mannar asks the local media for accuracy  February 14      Archbishop's contributions highlighted at golden jubilee celebration  February 14      Catholic shrine damaged in alleged Tamil rebel attack  February 08      A call to stop harming civilians  February 06      Like Jesus on the Cross, Sri Lanka thirsts for justice  February 06      Bombings ahead of Independence Day rattle people further    January 30       Tsunami survivors afraid to occupy new homes due to war threat  January 23       Tamil Catholics thank Second Vatican Council for freedom to celebrate harvest festival  January 14       Blessed Joseph Vaz to reawaken the mission in Sri Lanka  January 09       Church gives Buddhists hampers to celebrate Christ's birth  January 09       Archbishop condemns killing of outspoken Tamil parliamentarian  January 08       Catholic civil-society movements expose 'reality' in blacked-out Jaffna  January 07       Senior peace adviser to the president resigns                Meldungen 01. Oktober - 31. Dezember 2007         December 18     Jaffna declaration of religious leaders December 05     Anglican bishop of Colombo: Condemns violence, respect and compassion December 04     Policewomen urged to use maternal instincts in dealing with child labor, trafficking December 04     Post-tsunami situation in Sri Lanka "shameful" November 28     Government impoverishing Norochcholai in order to build a coal power station November 27     People acclaim Church-run health center in war-torn Jaffna November 23     Madhu shrine shelling shatters 'peace zone' promise November 19     Catholics call for return of statues to vandalized church November 12     Christians and Buddhists join with Hindus for Festival of Lights November 09     Interfaith petition calls on president to stop the war November 05     Thamilselvan buried today, people fear retaliation October 31       Catholics called to take stand on killings, forego Christmas celebrations October 31       Religious leaders welcome new Ratnapura bishop October 19       Police tell Church to stop services, court orders renovation halt Oktober 19       Bishop asks U.N. Commissioner to help suffering people October 16       Catholic NGO offers education, skills training to Tsunami survivors October 12       Thousands of Catholics march for peace on World Rosary Day October 12       Emulating Gandhi, interreligious satyagraha launched to end war October 10       Murdered Priest: Church calls for "imperative" commitment to peace October 08       Some 6,000 people recite the rosary for peace in Sri Lanka         Meldungen 01. Juli - 30. September 2007         September 21   'Miraculous' Marian statue seen as living miracle September 21   Colombo parish 'discovers' nearby slums, extends helping hands September 19   Our Lady of Matara draws president, hundreds of thousands to Southern shrine September 18   Mgr Ranjith meets Tamil Tigers, urges them to join peace process September 17   Church supports villagers displaced by war after rescue effort September 12   Returned refugees celebrate belated feast at makeshift church September 04   Yearlong curfew hampers Church activities in embattled Jaffna September 04   Church solidarity mission aims to create global awareness about war in Sri Lanka August 29        Church, parents of missing priest still hoping for news August 22        Priests need to work out their priorities, say laypeople August 20        Jaffna remembers Fr Jimbrown, "symbol" of war atrocities August 18        After a year and many promises, still no trace of Fr Jimbrown August 16        Pilgrims reach cut-off Madhu shrine after alternative route opened August 16        Pilgrims pray for peace in nation at St. Anne's feast August 10        After a year of violence the road to the sanctuary of Our Lady of Madhu reopens August 07        'Caritas village' shows the Church cares, says Colombo's archbishop August 06        Anglican bishop: "Safeguard children against the campaign of violence" August 03        Catholics hope road to Madhu shrine will be opened July 31            Religious leaders discuss how to address country's problems together July 31            New bishop of youngest diocese installed in simple ceremony July 31            Villagers shocked by bombing of their church July 30            Church leaders condemn the involvement of children in war agenda July 25            Religious leaders make 'goodwill visit' to refugees in the North July 23            When peace talks fail, peace group says try silence July 18            UCAN Interview - Religious leaders can play important role in helping restart peace process         Meldungen 01. April - 30. Juni 2007         June 19           Bishops’ solidarity with Tamils forced to leave Colombo June 18           Marist laymen and brothers united in the mission to educate the young June 18           Catholics join protest against eviction of Tamils June 14           Tamil deportations: the government defends itself by attacking the international community June 12           'Gagged' Catholics join protest against Red Cross worker killings June 04           Bishops voice concern about Madhu shrine security at meeting with president May 23            Catholics ask government for a Zone of Peace around Madhu Shrine May 23            Priest's action underscores Church stand against abductions May 22            Franciscan missionaries “gift” education to tsunami and war orphans May 18            Ethnic, religious split defies easy solutions, says Bishops' Conference president May 14            'War and violence continue' after president's talk with the Pope May 14            Sri Lankan prelate asks for international aid May 07            Catholic leaflets warn of fundamentalist 'danger' May 04            Troubled youth turn to Church in times of difficulty May 03            Priests parade wearing hammer and sickle in honor of workers April 24            Crowds at 'hidden' crypt reflect on death and resurrection of Jesus April 23            Singing of Latin hymns in Holy Week offers sense of 'reunification' April 21            Pope tells Sri Lankan president dialogue is the only way to end violence April 20            President's Vatican visit will 'bear fruit,' says nuncio April 20            Negotiations and respect for human rights only path to peace in Sri Lanka, says Pope April 19            Jaffna Church tells Pope that human rights no longer guaranteed in its region April 02            A day of fasting in favour of refugees          Meldungen 01. Januar - 31. März 2007         March 15          Sri Lanka hitting boiling point, alerts Caritas March 14          The State against Sri Lanka’s migrant mothers March 13          Caritas fears humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka as violence escalates March 13          Religious leaders mark fifth year of cease-fire with hope and determination despite concerns March 12          The Gospel in sign language March 09             Women appeal for peace, 14,000 civilians flee the east March 06          Church-run rehabilitation centers show addicts better future February 28       Tsunami-wrecked church rebuilt by parishioners in 'cursed' town  February 26       This Lenten season afflicted by violence brings to bear the Lord’s Passion February 22       Nuncio in Sri Lanka: a forgotten country at war February 21       Kids act out drama of abuse in Holy Childhood Day celebration February 21       Church helps people come to terms with interreligious marriage February 20       Special commission to investigate disappearance of Jaffna priest February 07       Over 1500 Marian devotees flock to Tewatte to ask for peace February 02       Theoretician of ‘Sinhalese supremacy’ becomes minister February 01       "Dismayed" bishops urge Tigers to contribute to peace process January 29         Caritas tries to help returning migrant workers stay home January 26         Pastor shot dead by security forces in Sri Lanka January 26         Catholics pray for families and lay ministries in charismatic vigil January 24         Catholic Church includes Hindu festival offering at mass January 05         Prison apostolate unites women inmates with families for christmas          Meldungen 01. November - 31. Dezemer 2006         December 18      Young Buddhists, Catholics near war zone find commonality, friendship December 16      Nuncio: may Christmas bring real conversion of hearts December 14      Country needs "prudent leadership" December 14      Child soldiers: the sins of the army and rebels December 05      Suicides prompt Church inquiry into debt plight of poor farmers December 05      Church in Sri Lanka celebrates Saint Francis Xavier November 24      Archbishop calls for special peace prayer campaign during advent November 24      Fisher folk suffer due to war, post-tsunami, globalization November 20      Government to reopen road to Jaffna . . . for the time being November 20      Church-run shelter for working women offers secure, nurturing home November 11      Civilian suffering forgotten by the rest of the world November 08      Local parish church becomes a haven for flood victims November 02      Pilgrims stranded at Marian shrine due to fighting in North         Meldungen 01. August - 31. Oktober 2006         October 19        Government still silent two months after Fr Jim’s disappearance October 10        Parents the focus of National Catechetical Sunday October 04        Catholics, people of other faiths march to protest escalating hostilities September 21    Catholic Church alarmed country might fall "into a state of anarchy" September 18    Catholics pray and fast for missing priest amid conflict September 13    Thousands take to streets to call for peace in country September 09    Jaffna: two priests leave parish under threat September 08    Colombo: Christians “have a duty to build a lasting peace in our society” September 06    Jaffna bishop in appeal about Fr Jim Brown August 31         300,000 Marian devotees gather to pray for peace August 30         Amnesty International joins appeals for Fr Jim Brown August 29         Church calls for return of Jaffna priest August 29         Sri Lanka Nuncio in appeal for missing priest and helper August 25         Jaffna Catholics tell government: tell us “truth” about missing priest August 23         Catholic priest disappears in Sri Lanka August 22         Church donates relief goods to war-displaced Muslims August 21         Tamil Tigers block pilgrims from going to Madhu Marian shrine August 19         Jaffna priests: save us from silence and death August 14         Hell in the north: church and children’s home destroyed August 14         Church shelled in government attack on LTTE in Jaffna August 11         NGO: Open humanitarian corridors in north-east August 11         Catholic signature campaign reflects more opposition to war August 10         'Respect human life, resume negotiations for peace' August 10         Catholics tell of their escape from hell in the east August 09         Catholic bishops lament country's 'deterioration' August 09         Catholic bishops, Major Religious Superiors condemn local violence August 02         Prayers offered for more local priests on 'Indigenous clergy day'          Meldungen 01. Mai - 31. Juli 2006         July 20             Former bishop of Ratnapura appointed administrator of the diocese July 19             German couple helps students, families get new school and homes July 13             Catechists of Colombo archdiocese thanked for their voluntary work July 04             Church-run Sinhalese paper turns 140 June 21            Bishop writes to Apostolic Nuncio in wake of attack on Pesalai church June 20            Historical Buddhist temple attacked in Sri Lanka June 19            Catholic youths, children join Buddhists in celebrating religious festival June 19            Catholic church attacked; bishop accuses navy June 10            Prayers for beleaguered peace June 09            Week of interreligious prayers focuses on 'peaceful thoughts' June 07            Catholics offer pentecost prayers for national peace June 02            Catholic bishop wants government, LTTE to recognize diocese as 'zone of peace' May 30             Religious representatives meet with rebel leader, president to revitalize peace process May 30             Parish priest urges respect for civilian lives May 23             Catholics join Buddhists in marking 2550th anniversary May 19             Religions together against violence in north-eastern Sri Lanka May 16             Three churches attacked in less than a month May 10             Religious superiors call for peace amid upsurge in government-rebel attacks May 09             Japanese envoy meets rebel leader May 05             Catholics begin rosary chain for peace on their strife-torn island  May 03             Bombings unsettle Trincomalee residents, add to communal tension         Meldungen 01. Januar - 30. April 2006         April 29             Catholic Bishops, National Christian Council urge government, LTTE to return to negotiating table April 26             Church people condemn suicide bomb blast, hope peace process will go ahead April 26             Government bombards Tigers; the church’s concerns April 20             Statement by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Sri Lanka on the recent upsurge of violence in the North and East April 11             Anti-conversion bill to become law soon April 11             Mine kills two Caritas workers March 27           Still no news of people missing after Navy reprisals March 27           Lenten traditions challenge elderly Catholics physically as well as spiritually March 22           Catholics pray for peace, but fear talks may not avert resumption of war March 20           Buddhist monk brings Buddhists and Christians together symbolically and literally March 03           Bishop from north: respect ceasefire “at all costs” February 18       Reflections at the dawn of peace talks February 02       Uncertainty and tensions on the eve of Independence Day celebrations February 01       Church-run Home For Kids Gives Them Future, Keeps Them Off Streets January 30         Nuncio in Sri Lanka: 'In the name of God, stop the bloodshed, convert and be reconciled” January 27         Joint prayer boosts ecumenical feelings during unity week January 21         Post Tsunami: Church donates 34 homes to Catholics and Buddhists January 13         Caritas tries to obtain release of three police officers from LTTE custody January 11         Christian leaders: “Stop the spiral of violence in Sri Lanka” January 03         Card. O’Connor meets president of Sri Lanka              Meldungen 28. Oktober - 31. Dezember 2005         December 27       Legislator murdered during Christmas vigil mass December 23       Tsunami emergency over but housing remains priority December 04       Christmas is the time for sharing November 25       Catholic bishops offer cautious welcome to new president November 24       Church warns of the dangers of AIDS, but quietly November 18       Election proceeds with miniscule turnout in north and east, where bishops urged Catholics to vote November 16       Bishops urge people not to boycott presidential elections November 14       Catholics condemn Colombo Bishop's partisan role in the presidential election November 11       Church holds dialogue with presidential candidate, premier absent November 08       International Religious Freedom Report 2005 November 02       Archbishop's message on the presidential election October 28          Catholic bishops speak out on the presidential election