LTTE loose respect from Catholics
MINISTER JEYARAJ Fernandopulle’s untimely death has convinced many hristians living outside Sri Lanka that LTTE has no respect for religion and religious places. They are also completely baffled by the nonchalant attitude of the Catholic Bishop Conference in Sri Lanka on LTTE’s guile masquerading as defenders of the sacred Madhu premises.
I read the Asian Tribune reader from LA, Stephen Long’s article yesterday posing the question why the spiritual leadership of the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka got duped by the LTTE to push through their evil designs. Many others I know have voiced their disbelief at the inaction of the Sri Lankan Catholic Bishop Conference. Their neutrality in the midst of an openly treacherous path taken by the LTTE is completely inexplicable.
In a nutshell these are the issues now confronting the Catholic Bishops: They cannot take the side of the LTTE terrorists. They should seriously re-think their role in the civil conflict, and decide once and for all which side they are morally bound to take. The Bishop of Mannar by allowing the LTTE to continuously act with impunity has made the Tamils in the North pawns in this apparent and dubious scheme of the LTTE trying to make the Christians look completely unpatriotic.
The LTTE had moved the statue of Madhu to a church well inside their lines of control. A neutral place would have been the ideal thing to do. Declaring protective motives, they moved the sacred statue of the Virgin Mary from the shrine at Madhu to the church at Thevanpitti, which is in the LTTE zone. By choosing this site rather than someplace in an area, they have made the statue a symbol and rallying point for the LTTE.
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I read the Asian Tribune reader from LA, Stephen Long’s article yesterday posing the question why the spiritual leadership of the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka got duped by the LTTE to push through their evil designs. Many others I know have voiced their disbelief at the inaction of the Sri Lankan Catholic Bishop Conference. Their neutrality in the midst of an openly treacherous path taken by the LTTE is completely inexplicable.
In a nutshell these are the issues now confronting the Catholic Bishops: They cannot take the side of the LTTE terrorists. They should seriously re-think their role in the civil conflict, and decide once and for all which side they are morally bound to take. The Bishop of Mannar by allowing the LTTE to continuously act with impunity has made the Tamils in the North pawns in this apparent and dubious scheme of the LTTE trying to make the Christians look completely unpatriotic.
The LTTE had moved the statue of Madhu to a church well inside their lines of control. A neutral place would have been the ideal thing to do. Declaring protective motives, they moved the sacred statue of the Virgin Mary from the shrine at Madhu to the church at Thevanpitti, which is in the LTTE zone. By choosing this site rather than someplace in an area, they have made the statue a symbol and rallying point for the LTTE.
Read more,
http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?
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