Sri Lanka attack
With black flags, Sri Lanka Christians protest bombing probe
By Associated Press — August 23, 2021
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s Christian community hoisted black flags on Saturday to protest the investigation into the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks, which killed 269 people.
Religious freedom summit opens with stories of religious violence and resilience
By Adelle M. Banks — July 16, 2019
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback said the Trump administration wants to ramp up attention to killings and persecution based on religious beliefs and reverse trends that show they are often on the increase in countries across the world.
Anxiety, hope as church schools wait to reopen in Sri Lanka
By Krishan Francis — May 15, 2019
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Catholic officials and parents in Sri Lanka are hopeful that church-run schools will begin to reopen soon for the first time since last month's devastating Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels.
For Sri Lankan Americans, Easter shooting gives homeland a painful jolt of notoriety
By Ben Sales — May 3, 2019
NEW YORK (RNS) — The world almost never hears about Sri Lanka. Young Americans with Sri Lankan roots are asking why it has to learn about the country this way.
Sunday Mass canceled across Sri Lanka a week after bombings
By Emily Schmall — April 27, 2019
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Catholic leaders canceled Sunday Masses indefinitely across Sri Lanka and officials urged Muslims to stay home for Friday prayers in an extraordinary call by the clergy to curtail worship as fear of more attacks plagued the island nation after the deadly suicide bombings on Easter. Shops were closed, streets were […]
Easter Sunday blasts kill at least 207 in Sri Lanka
By The Associated Press — April 21, 2019
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Defense Minister Ruwan Wijewardena described the bombings as a terrorist attack by religious extremists and said seven suspects had been arrested, though there was no immediate claim of responsibility.
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