Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: The leader of Sri Lanka's Catholic Church on Friday (January 13) praised a Supreme Court decision to order the former ...

Church leaders and civil society groups in Sri Lanka's Jaffna diocese are campaigning against the proposed Protection of the ...

Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church urged the country Friday to criminally prosecute its former leader for negligence, a day after the top court ordered him to pay compensation to the victims of the 2019 ...

When Ahnaf Jazeem wrote poetry condemning violence and promoting peace in Sri Lanka in 2017, he never imagined his verses ...

Sri Lanka's bombed Catholic church was reconsecrated Wednesday with a prayer for a strong national leader to punish those responsible for the Easter attacks that killed 258 people. Speaking at the ...

The Archdiocese of Colombo, Sri Lanka, is set to begin the canonization process for the hundreds of faithful killed in the 2019 Easter Sunday terrorist attack in the country, an archdiocesan official ...

Thousands of Sri Lankan Catholics attended the fifth annual memorial service, April 21, of the 2019 Easter bombing, where the church initiated the process of declaring the victims as "heroes of faith, ...

MUMBAI, India – A deadly terrorist attack in Sri Lanka needs to not be exploited by a politician, according to the Archdiocese of Colombo. Speaking to the media on Oct. 17, archdiocesan spokesman ...

Sri Lanka's Anglican Church rejects the new anti-terror bill, while Philippine lawmakers dismiss impeachment complaints against President Marcos. Plus, HRW's 2026 report warns of democratic decline in ...

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Catholic Church has urged the government not to use a forthcoming visit by Pope Francis to help its re-election campaign after media reported posters had appeared ...

When Dilip Fernando arrived at St Sebastian's church in Sri Lanka's Negombo on Easter Sunday, it was so crowded he went elsewhere for mass. The decision probably saved his life. Shortly after he left, ...