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.
Sri Lanka’s government is aggressively attacking efforts to hold officials to account for past grave abuses, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said in a new report.
Tamil Catholics and Hindus in Sri Lanka recently held a joint celebration of the Thai Pongal, a traditional Tamil cultural festival dedicated to the harvest and the sun.
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo urged Catholics in Sri Lanka to celebrate Christmas with family and to observe the day with faith, especially in the middle of the pandemic.
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.
A Sri Lankan priest criticized the government’s response to last year’s Easter bombings, saying the failure to thoroughly investigate has amounted to a betrayal of the people.
Catholics in Sri Lanka have forgiven those behind the 2019 Easter bombing that killed at least 259, including 37 foreign nationals, and injured 500 others on April 19 last year.
