http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/15/mannar-bishop-right-wrong-or-no-choice/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:45:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/15/mannar-bishop-right-wrong-or-no-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-1432918 sinhale Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:18:35 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/15/mannar-bishop-right-wrong-or-no-choice/#comment-1432918 Buddhist leaders in Sri Lanka are encouraging their Catholic counterparts to bring a cherished statue of the Virgin Mary back to the famous shrine at Madhu in Mannar. The image of Our Lady of Madhu, which has drawn pilgrims for over 400 years, was removed by LTTE terrorists after hit by artillery fire them self. Buddhist leaders said that they would join with Catholics in the region to protest the rebel exploitation of the shrine and call for the safe restoration of the statue. With all due respect to the Madhu Church which is Sacred to all Catholics in this country where the statue of Our Lady of Madhu is enshrined and where annually, vast congregations of Catholics make pilgrimages to pay their respects and pray for protection and guidance, it is sad to read in the newsprint, reports of how the statue of Our Lady of Madhu, the Madhu Church is now being manipulated and insulted by the very same Bishops who are supposed to be protecting it and defending it. It is also sad, to note that Our Lady of Madhu has permitted the LTTE to encroach on the Sacred area under the purview of the Madhu Church with all the Holy Powers that she is supposed to re Buddhist leaders in Sri Lanka are encouraging their Catholic counterparts to bring a cherished statue of the Virgin Mary back to the famous shrine at Madhu in Mannar.
The image of Our Lady of Madhu, which has drawn pilgrims for over 400 years, was removed by LTTE terrorists after hit by artillery fire them self. Buddhist leaders said that they would join with Catholics in the region to protest the rebel exploitation of the shrine and call for the safe restoration of the statue.
With all due respect to the Madhu Church which is Sacred to all Catholics in this country where the statue of Our Lady of Madhu is enshrined and where annually, vast congregations of Catholics make pilgrimages to pay their respects and pray for protection and guidance, it is sad to read in the newsprint, reports of how the statue of Our Lady of Madhu, the Madhu Church is now being manipulated and insulted by the very same Bishops who are supposed to be protecting it and defending it. It is also sad, to note that Our Lady of Madhu has permitted the LTTE to encroach on the Sacred area under the purview of the Madhu Church with all the Holy Powers that she is supposed to re

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