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Pope to Sri Lankan leaders: People need truth about 2019 Easter bombings
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.
Sri Lankan official requests special trial for Easter bombing suspects
The attorney general of Sri Lanka has requested the chief justice appoint a special trial-at-bar to hear cases against 25 suspects accused of involvement in the 2019 Easter attacks that killed 279 people, including 37 foreign nationals in three cities.
Sri Lankan bombings impact U.S. parish with ties to seminarian there
The fallout from the Easter Sunday bombings in three Sri Lankan cities has reached a Philadelphia parish.
Sri Lankan police chief resigns over bombings
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (CNA) — The Sri Lanka chief of police resigned this week after bombings left dead more than 200 Christians on Easter morning. An official at the defense ministry has also stepped down.
Sri Lanka’s U.N. mission hosts memorial service for victims of attacks
NEW YORK (CNS) — All Sri Lankans “are going through one of the saddest and most devastating periods of our history,” Fr. Nalaka Silva told those gathered at an evening interfaith memorial service April 24 in New York for the victims and all people affected by the Easter terrorist attacks.
Cardinal criticizes Sri Lankan government for not taking precautions
BANGKOK (CNS) — Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo, Sri Lanka, has blamed the country’s authorities for the security lapse he claims could have prevented Easter bombings, in which the death toll surpassed 320.
Continuing Easter celebrations, pope again prays for Sri Lanka
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — On Easter Monday, Pope Francis led thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square in praying for the hundreds of people who died or were injured in bomb blasts the previous day in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka Easter attacks draw international condemnation, prayer for victims
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (CNA) — Religious and civil leaders have responded with condolences, prayer and calls for justice after several explosions at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka killed more than 200 people and injured hundreds more on Easter Sunday.
God dreams of a world where all are welcomed as family, pope says
Pope Francis told migrants that, like them, God dreams of a world where everyone recognizes each other as brothers and sisters.
Only risen Christ can bring peace to world at war, pope says at Easter
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As the machine of warfare continues to churn out more dangerous weaponry, only the power and joy of Christ’s resurrection can fill hearts with comfort and peace, Pope Francis said before giving his Easter blessing.
