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176 Children Lost Parents In Sri Lanka Easter Sunday Attacks: Report

World News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday June 25, 2019

A total of 176 children have lost either one or both of their parents during the Easter Sunday attacks that killed 258 people, a media report quoted the head of Sri Lanka's Catholic Church as saying.

In Sri Lanka, PM Modi Makes Unscheduled Visit To Church Hit By Easter Bombing

India News | Edited by Arun Nair | Sunday June 9, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Sri Lanka this morning, made an unscheduled visit to a Catholic church that was bombed during the Easter suicide attacks in April.

Pope Asks Roma People To Forgive Catholic Church's "Discrimination"

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday June 2, 2019

Pope Francis on Sunday asked forgiveness in the name of the Catholic Church for the mistreatment of the Roma people, a move likely to increase tensions with Italy's anti-immigrant Interior Minister Matteo Salvini.

Pope Francis Changes Church Law Makes Reporting Sex Abuse Obligatory

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday May 10, 2019

Pope Francis on Thursday passed a measure to oblige those who know about sex abuse in the Catholic Church to report it to their superiors, following a global clerical pedophilia scandal.

Catholic Schools In Sri Lanka To Reopen After Easter Bombings

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday May 9, 2019

Sri Lanka's Catholic Church on Thursday announced it will reopen its schools next week for the first time since Easter Sunday bombings killed 258 people.

Christian-Muslim Clashes Rock Easter Attacks Town In Sri Lanka

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday May 6, 2019

Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic Church appealed for calm and an alcohol ban Monday after clashes between Christians and Muslims in a town scarred by the Easter suicide attacks.

Sri Lanka To Air Sunday Mass On TV Fearing Repeat Of Suicide Bombings

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday May 4, 2019

Sri Lanka's Catholic Church will televise a private Sunday mass after cancelling regular services over fears of a repeat of Easter's suicide bombings, even as police and troops tightened security.

Sri Lanka Church Cancels Mass Amid Fears Of Fresh Attack

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday May 3, 2019

Sri Lanka's Catholic Church scrapped plans to resume Sunday services following a "specific threat" against two religious locations after the deadly Easter attacks.

Sri Lanka Catholics Cancel Sunday Mass Over New Bomb Fears

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday May 2, 2019

Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic Church said it had cancelled plans to resume Sunday services because of fears of fresh bomb attacks.

Sri Lanka To Resume Mass On Sunday: Cardinal

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday April 30, 2019

Sri Lanka's Catholic Church said public Mass will resume on Sunday amid tight security, two weeks after Easter Sunday bombings killed 253 people at three churches and three luxury hotels.

All Sri Lanka Catholic Church Services Suspended After Blasts: Priest

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday April 25, 2019

All of Sri Lanka's Catholic churches have been ordered to stay closed and suspend services until security improves after deadly Easter bombings, a senior priest told AFP Thursday.

Sri Lankan Bomb Attacks On Hotels, Churches: 20 Minutes Of Carnage

World News | Reuters | Monday April 22, 2019

Bomb blasts ripped through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing 290 and injuring 500 people, in the first major attack on the Indian Ocean island since the end of a civil war 10 years ago.

Pope Francis Thanks Notre-Dame Firefighters On Behalf Of Church

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday April 17, 2019

Pope Francis on Wednesday thanked the firefighters who risked their lives to save the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on behalf of the entire Catholic Church.

In A First, Kerala Bishop Franco Mulakkal To Go On Trial In Nun Rape Case

India News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy | Tuesday April 9, 2019

Kerala police today filed a charge sheet against Bishop Franco Mulakkal, a clergyman accused of raping a nun on several occasions over the course of two years. He was arrested in September last year, but later let out on bail.

Church Should Acknowledge Male Authoritarianism, Abuse Of Women: Pope

World News | Reuters | Tuesday April 2, 2019

Pope Francis, addressing sexual abuse scandals and calls for women priests, said on Tuesday that for its own good the Roman Catholic Church had to acknowledge its history of male authoritarianism and sexual abuse of women.