Day: April 23, 2019

23Apr

A Bloody Easter in Sri Lanka

On Easter Sunday 2019, decades of relative calm in Sri Lanka were ruptured by a brutal and well coordinated terror attack against Christians. More than 290 people were killed, and 500 injured, as explosions by suicide bombers ripped through three churches and three hotels An obscure Islamic group is being blamed, though no group has yet claimed responsibility.

Details can be found at many news outlets, including New York Times: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/04/22/world/asia/sri-lanka-attacks-bombings-explosions-updates.amp.html

23Apr

Notre Dame Community Honors Fire Fighters

At a ceremony moved to nearby St. Eustache church, the archbishop of Paris honored those who labored to save the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral from the blaze that almost destroyed it. He handed them a rescued bible in “humble thanks”:

Aupetit told the congregation, “We, too, brothers and sisters, we will rise again, just like our cathedral will rise again.”

Read more at LA Times: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-paris-notre-dame-prayers-20190421-story.html%3foutputType=amp