March 7, 2013
(Romereports.com) The Cardinal with the longest name is from Sri Lanka. Sixty five year
old, Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don is the second cardinal, in
history from that country. Over the years he has divided his work
between the Roman Curia and in Pastoral work carried out in Asian
regions with a Catholic minority.
He studied Theology in Rome and specialized in Holy Scripture.
He also helped prepare John Paul II's trip to Sri Lanka in 1995. After
working in rural areas for many years, he returned to Rome to work in
the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
CARD. MALCOLM RANJITH PATABENDIGE
Archbishop of Colombo (Sri Lanka)
“In
modern society, men have become so mechanical and technical that
everybody thinks, they have to make things plain and simple, and visible
and not to keep any room for a mystical aura or secrecy or areas of the
Sacred, because it is not necessary. 'Now we have removed the veil',
people say. 'After Illumination we have removed the veil'. But that is
not true as much as you think like that. Even to a greater extent,
modern man is looking for symbols. It’s going after symbols. The people
are going to the East to look for something more mystic, something more
profound.”
Under the appointment of John Paul II, he served
as a nuncio in Indonesia. He directly witnessed the 2004 Tsunami that
destroyed everything in its path.
He eventually went back to the
Vatican to work in the Congregation for Divine Worship. In 2009
Benedict XVI named him archbishop of Colombo, and in 2010 he was made a
cardinal.
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