The Cardinal, was cited in an announcement as advising priests to "attempt to abstain from setting up Christmas trees inside the temples".
"These don't fit in with the hallowed criticalness of Christmas yet are more joined with social and family festivities ...
They have additionally ended up images of Christmas in shopping centers and open squares," the cardinal included.
Sri Lanka is a for the most part Buddhist nation yet around 1.2 million of its general populace of 21 million individuals are Catholics.
