Thomas Scaria is a senior journalist based in India who has worked in Sri Lanka until recently in an intergovernmental organization. He has written for the Union of Catholic Asian News since 1991 and received its 2000 Best Reporter award. He also writes for Matters India, a news portal that focuses on religious and social issues and collaborates with Global Sisters Report.
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Sri Lankan cardinal says slow investigation delays justice for bombing attack victims
More than two years after bombs killed more than 300 people in Sri Lanka, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said the government's slow investigation delays justice for the victims and survivors. Army personnel now guard two Catholic churches attacked on Easter 2019, and some people remain fearful of going to church.
Nuns on healing mission in Sri Lanka help Easter Sunday bombing victims regain normalcy
At least 250 people died on Easter when suicide bombers attacked three churches and three hotels in Sri Lanka. As suspects have been arrested, the Catholic sisters have been visiting with people affected by the loss, listening to them and helping them process anger, shock, guilt and sorrow.
Sunday Masses resume in Sri Lanka, Catholic communities attempt healing
Churches in the Archdiocese of Colombo, Sri Lanka, resumed Sunday Masses on May 12, three weeks after a series of bomb blasts killed hundreds. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith repeatedly reasserted that the church does not consider Muslims as enemies of Christians.
