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Sri Lanka\u2019s Catholic Church has cancelled plans to resume Sunday services following a \u201cspecific threat\u201d of fresh bomb attacks against at least two places of worship, a spokesman said.<\/p>\n

The archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, had wanted to resume regular mass from May 5, but the new information made them put it off indefinitely, his spokesman told AFP Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the advice of the security forces, we have decided not to have Sunday masses in any of the churches,\u201d the spokesman said. \u201cThere is a specific threat against two locations.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Church had planned to resume Sunday public services for the first time since the Easter Sunday attacks that killed 257 people.<\/p>\n

Last Sunday the cardinal conducted a private memorial mass that was broadcast live on television after cancelling all public services.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, he said he was closely monitoring investigations into the April 21 suicide attacks against three churches and three luxury hotels and wanted to be sure of the security situation before returning to regular services.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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