22 April 2023 09:51 am
The Catholic Church is not involved in insulting Buddhist monks and other members of clergy and will not associate with people who insult them, Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said yesterday.
We don’t condone insulting the clergy particularly Buddhist monks. Some say Catholics are behind the repeated insulting of monks over social media but I would like to say that the church is not behind such campaigns,” Cardinal Ranjith said speaking during a ceremony held at St. Anthony’s Church Kochchikade.
“We will not condone insulting monks and will not associate with people who do such things.
One should remember that Sri Lanka ‘s culture is associated with Buddhism.
“It seem that justice cannot be expected from the incumbent President and the government, “he added.
The Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Brian Udaigwe said Sri Lanka had the full blessings of Pope Francis in its efforts to mete out justice for those who were affected by the attacks. “Justice cannot be meted out through anger,” he said quoting former President of USA Barack Obama. (Yohan Perera)