The place of Marian worship was abandoned during Sri Lanka’s civil war. It preserves relics from the shepherds Jacinta and Francisco. The Church wants to improve the place to return it to the devotion ...

On the island once known as Ceylon, Francis will meet with political and religious leaders. He will also beatify missionary Joseph Vaz and visit the shrine of Our Lady of Lanka. In the Philippines, he ...

Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and First Lady Fazna Ahmed have traveled to Sri Lanka on an unofficial visit. The President’s Office said that the first couple who left to Lanka on Tuesday, ...

Maldives, Dec.4 (Daily Mirror) - The Maldivian Police have started an investigation into an incident in which a Sri Lankan lady employed at a guest house in the archipelago nation for alleged ...

ABU DHABI: Cooperation between women unions in the UAE and Sri Lanka and women's issues were discussed today by H.H Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak, Chairperson of the General Women's Union (GWU), ...

SriLankan Airlines recently marked a significant milestone in the country’s aviation history when captain Anusha Siriratne was appointed as the national carrier’s first lady captain. SriLankan ...

Huang Xiaowei, Vice-President and First Member of the Secretariat of the All-China Women's Federation (ACWF), and Vice-Chairperson of the National Working Committee on Children and Women under the ...

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 25 July 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Jayakody Arachchige Don Mervyn Expeditus, of the ...

Churches and temples in Sri Lanka shelter thousands as Cyclone Ditwah kills 465. St. Francis Xavier Church in Gurugalla and ...

HIV infections in Sri Lanka have increased despite a decline in cases globally, according to data released by the National ...