Easter Sunday bombing

Sri Lanka marked the seventh anniversary of the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings on April 21 with memorial services across the island, as Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith of Colombo renewed his call for transparency in the investigation and accountability for those behind the attacks.

“I would also like to assure the victims in the Philippines where there was a bomb that exploded during Mass,” Pope Francis.

The Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, warned that Sri Lanka’s top government officials are out to mislead Pope Francis regarding the result of the investigation into the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings in the country’s capital.

The cardinal said he was not satisfied with the legal action currently being taken by the authorities against the bombing suspects

Authorities in Sri Lanka have arrested a prominent Muslim politician and his brother on for alleged links to the 2019 Easter Sunday terrorist bombings that killed 269 people.

The Catholic bishops of Sri Lanka have called on the government to release the results of an inquiry into the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks that killed more than 260 people.

Catholic church leaders in Sri Lanka refuted claims made by a politician implying that Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, the archbishop of Colombo, had advance knowledge of the 2019 Easter bomb attacks.