2009 

• April 02         Christian activist arrested: he had documents on the humanitarian crisis in Vanni
  
  
• March 30       Sri Lankan Prelate Says Peace Still Reachable
• March 21       Sri Lanka, bishops and faithful fasting for religious freedom in the country
• March 20       Young people from south visit peers in north, under the tragedy of the war
• March 19       Religious visit the refugees, prisoners in the camps
• March 17       Children send school items to peers in war-torn north
• March 13       Bishops meet families displaced by war
• March 11       STATEMENT ON THE BOMB EXPLOSION AT AKURESSA
• March 11       Buddhists and Catholics hold joint relief operation 
• March 09       Christians, Buddhists share concerns over anti-conversion bill
• March 09       Ecumenical Forum protests killings of innocents in Sri Lanka
  
  
• February 26    Parliament defers debate on anti-conversion bill
• February 20    Christian leaders urge protection of civilians
• February 19    Church of Colombo collects food and medicine for refugees from north
• February 18    Tamil Tigers are using child soldiers: 6,000 cases in five years
• February 18    Church workers help to ensure fair elections
• February 17    Catholics worry over anti-conversion bill
• February 13    Church faces great difficulty aiding people trapped in battle zone
• February 11    U.S. congressmen press Sri Lanka to drop anti-conversion bill
• February 10    Religious personnel under Wanni bombings
• February 09    Christians in the south pray for Tamil war victims
• February 05    Pope urges Sri Lanka government, rebels to protect life
• February 04    ARCHBISHOP OSWALD GOMIS APPEALS: "ALLOW THE PEOPLE TO MOVE TO SAFE AREAS"
• February 04    Rajapaksa to apostolic nuncio: get priests out of conflict zone
  
  
• January 30     FRANCISCANS INTERNATIONAL ALARMED AT CURRENT SITUATION OF IDPS IN VANNI, SRI LANKA 
• January 30     Anti-conversion bill: minorities fear restrictions on religious freedom
• January 30     Bishop Joins Hunger Strikers After Appeals To President, Rebels 
• January 29     ARCHBISHOP APPEALS; A DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE ARMED FORCES AND FOR THE INNOCENT VICTIMS OF THE WAR
• January 29     Christians Protest Anti-Conversion Bill 
• January 27     "Extend Safety Zone to safeguard lives of the civilians"
• January 27     Churches Pray For Unity To Overcome Challenges
• January 20     Bischof aus Sri Lanka: "Stoppt die Bombardierung!"
• January 17     Catholic priests appeal to UN to intervene in Vanni
• January 16     Bishop Thomas Savundaranayagam u rgently Appeal to ICRC,UNHCR,UNICEF,UN Agencies to open a safe corridor for the innocent civilians of Vanni
• January 14     Bishop Thomas Savundaranayagam appeals to the Government to stop aerial bombings
• January 08     Archbishop Worries About Catholic Migrants In A Changing World 
• January 08     Jaffna Bishop Calls For A Stop To The Bombing Of Civilians 
• January 07     ANTI CONVERSION DRAFT BILL PRESENTED TO THE PARLIAMENT
• January 07     Inhabitants of the north oppose celebration over capture of Kilinochchi
• January 05     No Pilgrims At Marian Shrine After State Rejects Bishops' Cease-fire Appeal
  

Meldungen Archiv, 28. Oktober 2005 - 31. Dezember 2008                                         

• Fläche: 65.610 km² 
• Einwohner: 18.968.000 
• Bevölkerung: Srilanker; 74% Singhalesen, 18% Tamilen, 7% Moors  
• Bevölkerungswachstum / Jahr: 0,81%
• Sprachen: Singhalesisch (Sinhala), Tamil 
• Hauptstadt: Colombo (642.100 Einwohner); Regierungssitz: Sri Jayawardenepura 
• Staatsform: Präsidialrepublik seit 1978  
• Auslandsverschuldung: 9,611 Mrd. US$ 
• Analphabetenrate Erwachsene: 5% (m) / 10% (w)
• HIV-Infektionsrate: <0,1% 
• Religion: 70% Buddhisten, 15% Hindus, 8% Christen, 7% Muslime 
  

Aus: Der Fischer Weltalmanach - 2005 - Frankfurt a. M.: Fischer Taschenbuch-Verlag, 2004.
        Jahrbuch 2005 - München: Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag ; Hamburg: Spiegel-Buchverlag, 2004. 

• Anzahl Katholiken: 1.365.000 (6,70%) 
• Anzahl Diözesen: 11
• Pfarreien: 391
• Missionsstationen ohne wohnhaften Priester: 1.004
• Bischöfe: 15
• Diözesanpriester: 683
• Ordenspriester: 397
• Ordensbrüder: 180 
• Ordensschwestern: 2.461
• Laienmissionare: 7
• Katecheten: 9.863             

Aus: Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae. -2004. - Vatikanstadt: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2006    

                                      
                 


   Erzdiözese  -  Diözesen

   Colombo     -  Anuradhapura    Badulla    Chilaw    Galle 
                
                       Jaffna    Kandy    Kurunegala   Mannar    

                       Ratnapura    Trincomalee-Batticaloa 

• Auswärtiges Amt
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• CIA Factbook (engl.)
• Spiegel Länderlexikon  
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• Missions Etrangères de Paris (franz.)