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April 23, 2019
Islamic State claims responsibility for Sri Lanka Easter bombings
April 23, 2019
The Islamic State claimed responsibility on Tuesday for the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka that killed at least 321 people and left 500 injured. “The perpetrators of the attack that targeted nationals of the countries of the coalitions and Christians in Sri Lanka before yesterday are fighters from the Islamic State,” the Islamic State said
Cardinal criticises Sri Lanka government for failing to protect Christians
April 23, 2019
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo, Sri Lanka, has blamed the country’s authorities for the security lapse he claims could have prevented Easter bombings, in which the death toll surpassed 320. “We placed our hands on our heads when we came to know that these deaths could have been avoided. Why this was not prevented?” Cardinal
Western Christians should learn from the Sri Lanka martyrs
April 23, 2019
“He who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me,” but “he who loses his life for my sake will find it” (Matthew 10:38-9). By that stark measure of discipleship, Sri Lanka’s slaughtered Christians have amply proved themselves. On Sunday, they filled their churches in Colombo to greet the Risen
‘Controlled explosion’ near St Anthony’s church as Sri Lanka remains on high alert
April 23, 2019
Police in Sri Lanka have detonated a suspicious package near St. Anthony’s church in Colombo on Easter Monday. Local media reported scenes of panic and confusion April 22, as crowds fled the area after what has been described as a “small explosion.” Local police later confirmed the blast was the controlled destruction of a suspect
Why did our secular elites refuse to call the Sri Lanka martyrs Christians?
April 23, 2019
Many were surprised by the arm’s length way in which many politicians described Catholic martyrs in the Sri Lanka bombings. Yet as William Cavanaugh so persuasively shows in his book The Myth of Religious Violence, liberalism is premised on the conceit that it brought an end to “religious violence,” and ushered in peace between all
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