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| | Fr Tissa Balasuriya Reconciliation |
 | | The reconciliation of Fr Tissa Balasuriya, O.M.I. with the Catholic Church took place on 15 January 1998 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in the presence of H.E. Nicholas Marcus Fernando, Archbishop of Colombo; H.E. Osvaldo Padilla, the Apostolic Nuncio in Sri Lanka; and Rev. Fr Marcello Zago, Superior General of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. |
 | | I, Fr Tissa Balasuriya, 0,M.I., declare that my life commitment has always been to endeavour to be a true disciple of Jesus Christ, to serve the Church and to work for integral human liberation, including a more just society. |
 | | Since all the conditions indicated by the Congregation for Doctrine of the Faith for the reconciliation are now implemented, and with the authorization of the said Congregation, I hereby declare the remission of the excommunication which Fr Tissa Balasuriya incurred accorded to the Notification of the same Congregation issued in Rome on 2 January l997. |
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