The remains of a suicide bomber who attacked a church in eastern Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday were exhumed on Monday after a court order that they be reburied elsewhere following public protests.

Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church urged the country Friday to criminally prosecute its former leader for negligence, a day after the top court ordered him to pay compensation to the victims of the ...

Sri Lanka's Catholic church says the Vatican has named 167 of its faithful killed in Islamic State-inspired suicide bombings six years ago as witnesses of faith. Skip to content Menu Today's paper.

Five years after a terrorist attack killed at least 270 people and wounded 500 more on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka, the church initiated the process of declaring the victims as "heroes of faith." ...

Colombo, Sri Lanka, Jan 15, 2004 / 22:00 pm. An unidentified gang attacked yet another Roman Catholic church yesterday in Katuwana, 30 km south-east of the capital, destroyed statues and set fire ...

The leader of Sri Lanka's Catholic Church on Friday praised a Supreme Court decision to order the former president and four officials to pay compensation for the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — For nearly two decades, ... Church in Sri Lanka Takes Peacemaker Role. Anto Akkara News August 10, 2003. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — For nearly two decades, ...

St. Sebastian’s Church, which suffered most damages in the Easter Sunday bomb blast last April, has celebrated its first feast after the attack in a subdued way. There were no roadside tents, ...

During his ad limina address Saturday, Pope Francis urged the bishops of Sri Lanka to continue their role in reconciliation of the nation, which emerged in 2009 from a 26-year civil war. Monday ...