Tag: Easter Sunday bombing

The court ruling was issued on January 12 following a lawsuit filed by 13 families and local Church leaders

It is the first time that a head of state in Sri Lanka has been held responsible for failing to prevent a terror attack

"We have suggested to the bishops to use this moment as an opportunity to express the pain and displeasure of the Catholic community"

"It is a very happy time," said Dharshani Weerapathran, a Tamil beneficiary, during the hand-over event attended by Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo

The cardinal urged the country’s new president to look into allegations of political conspiracy behind the attacks

The pope made the appeal in an address to Italy’s Sri Lankan community in St. Peter’s Basilica marking the third anniversary of the attacks

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, archbishop of Colombo, talks about the result of the investigation into the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said that there is evidence that Sri Lankan officials had advance warning of the attacks but “did nothing”

“They knew beforehand from information they had gathered and also from warnings ... but they did nothing."

Cardinal Ranjith of Colombo said investigations “indicate that this massacre was part of a grand political plot”