Archbishop congratulates Armed forces on the conclusion of war
Posted on May 18th, 2009
Archbishop Oswald Gomis
Archbishop Oswald Gomis in a Press Release issued today says, “We are indeed very happy that the war is over and I congratulate His Excellency the President Mahinda Rajapaksha and the Chiefs of the Defense forces who supported him with deep commitment and self-sacrifice.”
Full text of the press release –
Press Release of the Archbishop of Colombo on the conclusion of war
We are indeed very happy that the war is ended and that the governmentƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s Security Forces have been able to release all the innocent civilians who were trapped in battle.
I congratulate His Excellency President Mahinda Rajapakse, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, for his very courageous leadership and thank the Chiefs of the Defense outfit who supported him with deep commitment and self-sacrifice. I also offer my deepest sympathies to those who laid down their lives in battle and those innocent civilians killed, trapped in war.
In a sense, we could say that we have won the battle but the war is not ended. The war would end only on the day that we grow in nationhood realizing that we are all one people in one country with equal rights. We have to realize the fact that we are a multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural community. As such we are now left with the great task of nation-building forgetting our ethnic, political and religious differences.
It is imperative that there be a political formula that will inspire confidence and promote a sense of belonging among the minority groups in the country. We have to leave the sad and bitter memories of the past three decades and look positively and optimistically towards the future in hope. All of us have to share the blame for our division and forgive each other. We should have the humility and wisdom to learn from the sad experiences of that past.
It is then, and only then, that we could build nationhood that will bring true peace and prosperity to our beloved country – Sri Lanka. Let us always remember that united we will flourish but divided we will perish.
May Sri Lanka be a land where unity, equality and fraternity reign supreme!
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Archbishop Oswald Gomis
Archbishop of Colombo
18th May 2009
May 20th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
Archbishop congratulates Armed forces on the conclusion of war -” Kapanna bari atha imbeema”
“In a sense, we could say that we have won the battle but the war is not ended. The war would end only on the day that we grow in nationhood realizing that we are all one people in one country with equal rights. We have to realize the fact that we are a multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural community. As such we are now left with the great task of nation-building forgetting our ethnic, political and religious differences.” So the Holy of the holies in Sri Lanka says.
For the Catholic Church the war is not yet over. It will be over when the whole of Sri Lanka is made Catholic and for Sri Lanka the war will end when the Christian Church led by Catholic Church stop interfering in Sri Lanka. Your attempt to dismember Sri Lanka went up in smoke in Mookalan Duwa near Mullaitivu!
We are as much a multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural community as is Britain, Norway, France, USA and other Christian Countries. In these countries the Christian religion is given the foremost place and other cultural practices are those of the majority. So be the position of Buddhism in Sri Lanka be!
We can never forget how the Catholic Church interfered in Sri Lanka and prevented Sri Lankans reading “Da Vinci Code”. Where was the freedom of Non Catholics to read what they want? The fact that it is a corrupt institution that molest young boys, actively give safe haven to pedophiles, thieves and fraudsters, launder ill gotten moneies and fund terrorism is no secret. Where are the fundamental rights of these innocent boys? In Christian New Zealand today’s top news is about the systematic abuse of young boys by the Catholic Church in Ireland over many decades and the Church’s public apology! They don’t have the clout to do this in New Zealand or other “Christian” countries whose churches are increasingly – up for SALE!
The herding of over a quarter million Tamil civilians to follow the LTTE was done by Christian priests in the Wanni. It is up the GOSL to investigate this dastardly act and put it on record. First it was the Madhu Lady and then the civilians! The loss of civilian lives during this exodus should be put firmly at the feet of the Christian Church.
According to Bishop Chikera – Prabhakaran is a saint. Now that he is dead they should hold a requiem mass for the repose of his soul and take what ever measures to accelerate his elevation to Sainthood. St Barbecue would be a good name for this new Saint of the Christian Church -for he was so fond of making barbecus of humans. The aroma of burnt flesh would elevate him the presence of the Lord!
Christian Church has lost much in funding LTTE terrorism in Sri Lanka. At least now they should start practicing real Christianity and not the propagation of the Bloody Roman Empire by evangelical means.
If Ealam was a success the next step would have been to separate out the North Western Provine as a Christu Rajya. This too is now lost with Ealam going up in smoke.
Sri Lanka will achieve all those ideals mentioned above if the Catholic Church and her sister churches stop meddling in Sri Lanka. Evangelism is another form of Terrorism. The world has not forgotten the Crusades or the Inquisitions or its collaboration with the Nazis.