The Sri Lankan cardinal discussed a wide variety of topics with the Register April 29. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka, greets Pope Francis at the Vatican Feb. 28. (photo: ...

Each day between now and the May 7 conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis, John Allen is offering a profile of a different papabile, the Italian term for a man who could be pope. There’s no ...

More than 260 people died and over 500 were injured in the coordinated suicide bombings on three churches, four hotels, and one housing complex on Easter Sunday in 2019. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, the Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka, has called for a full investigation into the bombing attacks on Easter Sunday 2019, and introduced a program to ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - The Archbishop of Colombo says that government officials in Sri Lanka should be fired for failing to act on tips that terrorists attacks were imminent in the hours preceding ...

In the wake of the Easter Sunday massacres, Sri Lanka’s shepherd discusses with the Register how he is consoling his traumatized flock and fostering reconciliation, but he also stresses the need to ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Cardinal Malcom Ranjith of Colombo has said he will lead public protests if the Sri Lankan government fails to produce a credible report on the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings. The ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s Catholics have forgiven the bombers who struck their churches last Easter, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has said. Speaking at an Easter Sunday Mass April 12, the ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A year and a half after church and hotel bombings killed 259 people and injured another 500 in Sri Lanka, five of seven suspects arrested in connection with the attacks have been ...

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA — Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo said there is no other choice now but to turn to the international community to seek justice for victims of the 2019 Easter bombings in Sri ...

This Sunday, Catholics in Sri Lanka will miss Sunday Mass for the second week in a row. It is a bold and drastic decision made by Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, the Archbishop of Colombo, and leader of the ...

Sri Lankan Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo is calling on his country’s government leaders to face up to their responsibility for allowing the deadly Easter Sunday terrorist attacks to take place ...