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April 27, 2022

Pope Francis calls for truth about 2019 Easter bombings

Sri Lankans living in Italy hold a sign calling for justice for the 2019 Easter bombings in Sri Lanka in St. Peter’s Square April 25.

Three years after multiple bombings killed more than 260 people on Easter and lingering questions remain about those behind the attacks, Pope Francis appealed to Sri Lankan authorities to shed light on what happened.

Published in International
September 10, 2019

Sri Lankan government to conduct independent inquiry into Easter attacks

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo, Sri Lanka, looks at the explosion site inside a church in Negombo April 21, 2019, following a string of suicide bomb attacks on churches and luxury hotels across the island. Cardinal Ranjith has finally won a concession from Sri Lanka's government after widespread criticism of the investigation into the deadly attacks.

NEGOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has finally won a concession from Sri Lanka's government after widespread criticism of the investigation into the deadly Easter Sunday attacks.

Published in International
June 27, 2019

Pontifical Missions steps in to provide for orphans of Sri Lankan bombings

Officials look over the damaged St. Sebastian Catholic Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, in the aftermath of the April 21 bombings across the nation.

The Easter bombings in Sri Lanka left the Pontifical Mission Societies in that country responsible for the safety, upbringing and education of 271 children who lost at least one parent to co-ordinated terrorist attacks on Christians and foreign tourists.

Published in International
May 24, 2019

Vatican official: Easter attacks were an act against all of Sri Lanka

A survivor and others pray outside St. Sebastian Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, May 21, 2019, for the souls of those who killed on Easter by bomb attacks.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- One of the Vatican's top officials visited Sri Lanka to show solidarity with Catholics still reeling from the Easter suicide bombings that claimed more than 250 lives and injured more than 400.

Published in International