On Easter Sunday at least six suicide bombers were involved in six attacks — three at churches celebrating Easter and three at luxury hotels — across Sri Lanka. Combined, the attacks killed 310 people and injured at least 500 more.

The Faithful and the Knights of the Immaculata pray very intensively for our faithful in Sri Lanka and for all Catholics, especially those who have been personally touched by these terror attacks.

Here is a short report from Fr. Fabrice Loschi who is working in Sri Lanka:

“For the past three days, Negombo has become a ghost town. I never saw this during the war 20 years ago. People are in a state of shock.

The shops are closed. The police and the army are everywhere: in front of the churches and in front of the hotels on Sea Street. Many hotels are not accepting any customers from outside and the restaurants are either closed or empty. How sad for a country that was developing so well!

The common funeral was done by the Cardinal yesterday morning in Negombo. We went there. The security was very tight. For the moment, there is pain, I hope that afterwards there will be no revenge.

As for us, we are fine.”

Dear Knights, please pray for our faithful in Sri Lanka and for all Catholics.

Christianity is a minority religion in Sri Lanka, accounting for 7.4% of the total population of 21.4 million. According to census data, 70.2% of Sri Lankans identify as Buddhist, 12% Hindu and 9.7% Muslim.