President Mahinda Rajapaksa will make a special address to Parliament after he personally tables the findings of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission this month.

The Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith announced yesterday that as a mark of protest against the arrest of a sister of Mother Theresa’s Missionaries of Charity, he would not attend any state event during the Christmas season until the Government or the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) rectified the situation.