Church of Ceylon

With Anglican support, a group called The World Needs a Father is addressing the problem of fatherlessness in war-torn Sri Lanka.

In a rare use of his metropolitical powers, Archbishop Justin Welby has appointed the Rev. Dushanta Rodrigo as Bishop of Columbo after a diocesan council failed to reach a decision. The archbishop urged steady progress toward forming a province in Sri Lanka, indicating his discomfort with the role, rooted in the colonial past.

"Constructive and creative " meeting authorizes new North African province, focuses on unity and reconciliation.