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The declining number of altar servers in Colombo is causing some concern for Catholics, not least because many boys find their priestly vocation while serving at the altar. "Children nowadays are distracted by ...

Launching a Year of the Eucharist for his archdiocese, Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo has called on Catholics to give priority to the Eucharist. He was addressing a crowd of tens ...

Religious leaders and activists are up in arms at what they call the ritual slaughter of hundreds of animals at a temple where Hindus and Buddhists often worship together. Hindu devotees sacrificed some ...

Catholics have joined a demonstration for migrant workers' rights after a Sri Lankan domestic worker accused her Saudi employers of driving nails into her body. Local doctors recently removed 13 nails and five ...

The most lavish Buddhist festival in Sri Lanka does not feel like a religious spectacle these days, it's more like a national celebration, say many Christians. Millions of people recently descended on Kandy, ...

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