CATHOLIC NEWSWATCH: “Sri Lanka Easter Church and Hotel Bombings Kill at Least 200” – CNA

April 21, 2019 Catholic News Wire - Faith Central - Steve Welsh Anti-Catholic Persecution, Asia, Catholic, Catholic News, Easter, Headlines, International

Sri Lanka Map, adapted from image at cia.gov

Catholic News Agency reports:

“At least 200 people were killed in explosions Easter morning, detonated in churches [and] other sites across Sri Lanka. Hundreds more are reportedly injured. … explosions were detonated during Easter Mass at churches in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, and in Negombo, a city 20 miles to its north. At the same time, a bomb exploded at a service at the evangelical Zion Church in Batticaolo, on Sri Lanka’s east coast. St. Anthony’s Shrine was the Catholic church targeted in Colombo, and St. Sebastian’s is the Catholic parish in Negombo. …”