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European court sides with Pakistani Christian convert

April 29, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

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Strasbourg, France, Apr 29, 2022 / 04:02 am (CNA).
The European Court of Human Rights ruled this week that Swiss authorities were wrong to reject a Pakistani Christian convert’s a… […]

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A harrowing chronicle of Christians suffering under Islamic rule

April 2, 2022 Jerry Salyer 9

Although it does allude to many different episodes of the abuse meted out to Christians by their Muslim neighbors, especially in Pakistan, The Persecuted: True Stories of Courageous Christians Living Their Faith in Muslim Lands […]

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School credits for Pakistan inmates should apply to non-Muslims, too, petition states

March 21, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

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London, England, Mar 21, 2022 / 11:25 am (CNA).
Inmates in Pakistan’s Punjab province can shorten their jail time by taking classes while they’re behind bars.But there’s a catch: Only Muslim inmates are giv… […]

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Anglican pastor shot dead in Pakistan on way home from church

January 31, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

A young girl lights a candle at a Marian grotto in Pakistan. / Magdalena Wolnik.

Rome Newsroom, Jan 31, 2022 / 08:00 am (CNA).
An Anglican pastor was shot dead after church on Sunday in northwest Pakistan.Two gunmen on motorcycles ambushed a ca… […]

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Pakistan’s top court grants bail to Christian facing blasphemy charge

January 10, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

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Islamabad, Pakistan, Jan 10, 2022 / 09:00 am (CNA).
The Supreme Court of Pakistan’s decision to grant bail to a Christian accused of blasphemy should give hope… […]

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After 7 years on death row in Pakistan, Christian couple granted asylum in Europe

August 13, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Shagufta Kausar and Shafqat Emmanuel with three of their children after being released from death row in Pakistan July 1, 2021 / Photo courtesy of the family.

Rome Newsroom, Aug 13, 2021 / 05:35 am (CNA).
A Christian couple who spent seven years… […]

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Survey: Catholics in US more aware of Christian persecution, but blind spots linger

March 19, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

CNA Staff, Mar 19, 2021 / 02:01 pm (CNA).- Catholics in the US are showing more awareness of the problems of Christian persecution worldwide, the pastoral charity Aid to the Church in Need has said.
 
“It is heartening that, compared to a ye… […]

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‘He refused to be silent.’ What a slain Pakistani religious freedom advocate can teach the world

March 4, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

CNA Staff, Mar 4, 2021 / 10:34 am (CNA).- Ten years after his assassination, various world leaders have praised the life and death of Shahbaz Bhatti, a Pakistan cabinet minister killed after defending religious minorities persecuted under the country&r… […]

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Two Christians accused of breaking Pakistan’s blasphemy law

February 16, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Lahore, Pakistan, Feb 16, 2021 / 11:40 am (CNA).- Two Christian evangelists could face the death penalty after being charged with violating Pakistan’s blasphemy law after an encounter in a park in Lahore prompted a complaint that they made deroga… […]

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Catholics remember Shahbaz Bhatti 10 years after his assassination in Pakistan

January 15, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Rome Newsroom, Jan 15, 2021 / 07:00 am (CNA).- The diocese of Rome will host a memorial Mass on Friday for Servant of God Shahbaz Bhatti, a Catholic politician in Pakistan assassinated by an Islamic terrorist group 10 years ago.

Bhatti … […]

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