With churches closed, the country’s Catholics had to make do Sunday with a second televised mass by the Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith. “It’s not enough because we cannot receive the eucharist through television, that’s the important thing,” said Shehani Rangana, 33, whose father was among the dead at St Sebastian’s church in Negombo. She drew a picture of St Sebastian’s in blood red. Sri Lanka Catholics cancel Sunday mass over new bomb fearsPublic schools will only reopen on Monday after an Easter break was extended because of the bombings. Every night at St Sebastian’s, as soon as night falls, the church becomes out of bounds and is surrounded by armed soldiers.

Source: The Express Tribune May 05, 2019 06:45 UTC