Issuing his Easter message, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Sri Lanka, His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith urged that we strive for peace and reconciliation in the country.

While noting that Jesus Christ appeared to his disciples and granted them his gift of peace, His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith says Let us invoke the the same gift of peace as we strive to foster peace and reconciliation in our country.

In his message, the President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Sri Lanka says that as we cannot forget that true peace is a result of justice, it is the responsibility of those who govern the country to establish a true democratic framework where all citizens irrespective of their caste, creed or color are able to live with dignity and freedom.

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