As the Church in Sri Lanka commemorates the fourth anniversary of the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings on 21 April, men and women of all creeds joined to form a 30-kilometer human chain from Colombo to Negombo where the most deadly attacks took place.
By Marie Duhamel and Linda Bordoni
Men and women of all faiths joined hands and observed two minutes of silence on Friday, 21 April, giving voice to their support for the Catholic Church’s quest for truth and justice over the attacks that killed over 370 people and injured at least 500 on Easter Sunday 2019.
The human chain initiative, on the theme “We are watching until justice is done”, was spearheaded by Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo who has been tireless in his push for a transparent investigation and demand for accountability.
On the eve of the anniversary, he told Vatican Radio the human chain would symbolically unite St. Anthony’s church in Colombo and St. Sebastian’s church in Negombo where the attacks wreaked most death and destruction.
