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    Observations from our Lankan visit in June-July 2019 – By VAN ARKADIE, Alex Seemingly, following the church massacres last April, there are a growing number of Christians as well as sympathizers who seem to understand better the miracle following repetitive Christian martyrdom of the XXIst Century – (although it also sounds rational when critics say that the Lankan Catholic Hierarchy should exercise a cautious degree of restraint in public announcement, pronouncement or proclamation).    Fortunately after the Easter Sunday killings, religious convictions have helped bind many of the devout of all faiths and doctrines though underlined by either a sense of resignation to the powers of  ‘karma’, or in acceptance of the Will of the Lord as when hopefully invoking  ‘Insha Allah’…    Poor Sri Lanka is once again Asia’s Teardrop – not the resplendent Pearl of the Orient. ...