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The archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, had wanted to resume regular mass from May 5, but the new information made them put it off indefinitely, his spokesman said on Thursday. (Reuters/Chris Helgren)
COLOMBO

Sri Lanka mass cancelled over ‘specific attack threat’

The Church had planned to resume Sunday public services for the first time since the Easter Sunday attacks that killed 257 people

  • Amal Jayasinghe
3 min read
A soldier keeps guard as nuns walk out of St. Sebastian Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka. (Reuters/Danish Siddiqui)
AMAL JAYASINGHE

Sri Lanka Catholics to resume mass two weeks after attacks

All public services by Sri Lanka’s Christian minority were cancelled after the April 21 suicide attacks

  • Amal Jayasinghe
3 min read