Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, the head of the local Catholic church, on Wednesday called for Christmas to be celebrated in a moderate way in memory of the victims of the devastating Easter terror attack that killed more than 250 people in April.
A string of suicide attacks, struck churches and luxury hotels frequented by foreigners in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday on April 21, killing 258 people, including Indians and shattering a decade of peace in the island nation since the end of the brutal civil war with the LTTE.
"Christmas is indeed a happy occasion. But it will be in good order if celebrated in a moderate way," Ranjith said in a statement.
Ranjith chose the bomb devastated Katuwapitiya church in the western coastal area of Negombo for the mid night mass,
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