{"id":108055,"date":"2020-10-26T16:35:46","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T23:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=108055"},"modified":"2020-10-26T16:35:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T23:35:46","slug":"ambassador-of-the-holy-see-praises-cooperation-between-government-and-church-oct-26-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/10\/26\/ambassador-of-the-holy-see-praises-cooperation-between-government-and-church-oct-26-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambassador of the Holy See Praises Cooperation Between Government and Church Oct. 26, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>Prime Minister\u2019s Media Unit<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>During a meeting with Prime Minister\nMahinda Rajapaksa this morning in Colombo, the Ambassador (Apostolic Nuncio) of\nthe Holy See Archbishop Brian Ngozi Udaigwe praised and expressed appreciation\nfor the wonderful cooperation between the State and the Catholic Church\u201d in\nSri Lanka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Rajapaksa fondly recalled\nhis two visits to the Vatican in 2012 and 2014. It was during his last visit\nthat he invited His Holiness Pope Francis to make a state visit to Sri Lanka,\nwhich Pope Francis accepted. The state visit took place the following year. The\nArchbishop said Pope Francis recalled the warm reception he received in Sri\nLanka during his visit and hopes he will be able to visit again soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Archbishop Udaigwe said he looks forward\nto continue promoting good relations between Sri Lanka and the Holy See in\nareas of education, health and assistance to the poor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister acknowledged the vast\namount of work done by the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka, especially in the area\nof education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two delegations also discussed the\nEaster Sunday attacks. Prime Minister Rajapaksa said the unfortunate loss of\nlife could have been prevented had the government at the time paid attention to\nthe warnings they received and took them seriously. Prime Minister Rajapaksa,\nthen the Leader of the Opposition, was the first politician to visit the St.\nAnthony\u2019s Shrine after the bombing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sri Lanka is known as a peaceful\ncountry,\u201d Archbishop Udaigwe said. It is a country that is a model for so\nmany. I\u2019m really happy to be here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Archbishop Udaigwe is the newly appointed\nAmbassador of the Holy See to the Embassy in Colombo, which has been\nfunctioning since 1976. Despite being the world\u2019s smallest sovereign state, the\nVatican maintains 108 resident diplomatic missions and is concurrently\naccredited to another 74 countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister\u2019s Media Unit During a meeting with Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa this morning in Colombo, the Ambassador (Apostolic Nuncio) of the Holy See Archbishop Brian Ngozi Udaigwe praised and expressed appreciation for the wonderful cooperation between the State and the Catholic Church\u201d in Sri Lanka. Prime Minister Rajapaksa fondly recalled his two visits to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108055\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}