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Pope advises Cardinal not to let up on Easter issue
by Norman Palihawadane
Pope Francis has advised for not to give up struggle for truth and justice on behalf of the Easter Sunday victims, Colombo Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith said.The advice was issued when the Cardinal and other members of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Sri Lanka met with Pope Francis in Rome to make the traditional obligatory Ad Limina visit.
“The Pope told us not to give up our struggle for truth and justice in the course of our Easter Sunday victims,” Cardinal Ranjith said delivering his sermon at the Holy Mass offered at the Sacred Chapel of the Archbishop’s House in Borella to celebrate his 76th birthday.
The Cardinal said that he and members of the bishops conference had the opportunity to meet the Holy Father and converse with him. “The translation of the words used by the Pope meant never to give up the struggle,” The Cardinal said.
The visit ad limina apostolorum, meaning “to the threshold of the Apostles, is done once in every five years. The Bishops offered prayers at the Tombs of St Peter and Paul.
Four newly appointed Supreme Court Justices took their oaths of office before President Anura Kumara Disanayake this morning (12) at the Presidential Secretariat.
Accordingly, Court of Appeal Justices R.M.S. Rajakaruna, Menaka Wijesundara, Sampath B. Abeykoon, and M.S.K.B. Wijeratne were sworn in as Supreme Court Justices during the ceremony presided over by the President.
Secretary to the President, Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, was also present at the swearing in.
President Anura Kumara Disanayake has appointed High Court Judge Ranga Dissanayake as the new Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption.
The formal letter of appointment was officially handed over to him by the Secretary to the President, Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, at the Presidential Secretariat .
The Sri Lanka Navy seized two Indian fishing boats and apprehend eight Indian fishermen while they were poaching in Sri Lankan waters, during a special operation conducted in the sea area north of Mannar in the dark hours of 11th January 2025.
The Navy continues to conduct regular patrols and operations in Sri Lankan waters to curb illegal fishing practices of foreign fishing boats, taking into account the impact of those practices on the livelihood of local fishermen.
The seized boats together with Indian fishermen were brought to the island of Iranativu and were to be handed over to the Assistant Directorate of Fisheries, Kilinochchi for onward legal proceedings.
Including this operation, the Navy has held 03 Indian fishing boats and 18 Indian fishermen in Sri Lankan waters thus far in 2025, and handed them over to authorities for legal action.
Four new Supreme Court Justices Sworn In
High Court Judge Ranga Dissanayake appointed Director General of CIABOC
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