World & Vatican

"I don't know what to say to them. I try. I tried to go to their funerals and I tried to embrace them and tell them I am with them, but I have no words to say. I am suffering with them,'" Sri Lankan Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith told Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Radio as the death toll from attacks continued to rise. By April 24, more than 350 people -- including 45 children -- were confirmed dead and 500 others injured.

Proposed reforms for the Vatican bureaucracy emphasize the missionary role of all the baptized, not just the ordained or consecrated. "The Roman Curia will never be the same anymore," a cardinal working on the plan said.

BANGKOK - Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo, Sri Lanka, has blamed the country's authorities for the security lapse he claims could have prevented Easter bombings, in which the death toll surpassed 320.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - While no group has yet claimed responsibility for the coordinated series of Easter Sunday bombings on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe indicated on Monday that local intelligence and security services had been circulating warnings of an impending attack on churches 10 days before Easter.

WASHINGTON - The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops termed as "a great evil" the Easter terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka targeting the country's minority Christian community as worshippers packed three churches. The wave of bombings also were directed at four luxury hotels. The multiple bombings left at least 207 people dead and an another 450 injured. Authorities expected the death toll to rise.