HALTON HILLS: September 23, 2013. (PCP) Open Doors Canada is calling for prayers for the victims and families of a massacre at a church in Peshawar, Pakistan on Sunday. According to Reuters, a pair of suicide bombers blew themselves up outside a 130-year-old Anglican church after Mass, killing at least 78 people in the deadliest attack on Christians in the predominantly Muslim country of Pakistan. Reuters’ report said explosions struck the historic All Saints Church as hundreds of parishioners, many of them women and children, streamed out of the building. An estimated 100 people were wounded. The Taliban-linked militant group, TTP Jundullah, claimed responsibility within hours of the attack, according to the news service. Paul Johnson, Open Doors Canada Director, stated: “It is a tragic day for those who have suffered much loss in the senseless bombing. We ask every Christian to pray for the innocent victims of this violent attack, their families and communities. We need to stand united in prayer with them. We ask supporters around the world to join us in praying for Pakistan as Christians come to terms with this horrific attack. Our thoughts go out to all those who have lost loved ones. We pray for God’s healing for the injured. There is a vibrant Christian presence in Pakistan and we pray that the church will have the opportunity and the courage to reveal the character of Christ in the midst of these circumstances. We pray that what the attackers meant for evil, God will use for good.” Pakistan is No. 14 on the Open Doors World Watch List. Pakistan’s Christians are “caught between Islamic militant organizations, an Islamizing culture and a weak government with a military complicit in fuelling Islamic militants,” according to the list. Pakistan, a country of 179 million, is 96 percent Muslim and 2.5 percent Christian.