COLOMBO (News 1st); 60 people including the families and relatives of the victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday Attacks accompanied His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith on a visit to the Vatican to meet with His Holiness Pope Francis.

The visit is taking place as per a request extended by His Holiness during a visit undertaken by His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith to the Vatican earlier.

One relative of a Easter Attacks victim told News 1st that he is heading to Rome to seek justice for his two children died in the suicide bomb attack on the St. Anthony’s Shrine Kochchikade in Colombo.

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