COLOMBO, April 28, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Sri Lanka’s Roman Catholic leader on
Sunday condemned the Easter attacks as “an insult to humanity” as the country
tearfully marked a week since six suicide bombers hit three churches and
three luxury hotels.
The Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, held a private mass
after cancelling all public services amid fears of a repeat of the attacks
which left 253 dead.
“What happened last Sunday is a great tragedy, an insult to humanity,” the
cardinal said.
A heavily guarded vigil was held outside St Anthony’s Shrine in Colombo at
8.45am, the moment a bomber struck the church last week, killing dozens of
worshippers.