My dear Brothers and Sisters,
 God bless you all abundantly.
 I talked with many of you and appreciative of your frustration about the cause of persecuted Christians being compromised by the Chairman of ICV and its other decision makers. Thanks for being so good to work with your ideas, dreams and

who was sentenced to six years in prison for "insulting the Prophet." Legal observers saw many flaws in the ruling of the judge of the Abanoub misdemeanor court, in Assiut province, while others accused him of appeasing a mob of 2500 Muslims who congregated outside the court and demanded the death p

In a statement issued today–the first anniversary of Mr Bhatti’s death–the president of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland and Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, expressed his hope that the Church will look into the option of canonising Mr Bhatti.
Appointed federal minister for minorities

a year after his death. The prelate emphasizes his "natural charisma" as a good leader, who fought for all minorities. Different from the "corrupt politicians" dedicated to the system of bribes, he lived his life and his work based "on the example of Christ."
On the first anniversary of his brutal

Kidnappings by criminal groups for ransom are relatively common in the nuclear-armed country and victims can be sold onto Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked militant groups based along the northwestern Afghan border.
Four armed men on Wednesday stopped a car taking local staff to the Good Samaritan Hospit

Little is known of the affair, but police had to take the woman into custody even though no formal charges have yet been laid. Paul Bhatti and other Christian activists have come to her defense. Jibran Khan for Asia News wrote; After Asia Bibi, another Christian woman has been targeted by Muslim fu

after beating with rifle butts in an attempt to take possession of the Church property.
The Grace Ministry was founded in April 1987, by Rev. Altaf Khan and Mrs. Kim Mi Kyeong Khan in Faisalabad; Rev. Rehmat F. Chand, father of Rev. Khan also served Church from 1942 to 1998, which provided breeding

Poet Sharif Parvez Asam Sarhaddi died in Peshawar city and laid to rest by hundreds of mourners and relatives.
Mr. Asam Sarhaddi wrote a book on “Rozza” and Hymns for Sialkot Convention. He was active member of Literary Society Peshawar and well respected among writers and poets on his creative poe

Pope Benedict XVI was continuing the custom begun by his predecessor, Blessed John Paul II, of visiting the seminary on the feast of its Patroness.
The Pope’s visit began with the singing of the tu es petrus. It was followed by lectio divina based on a text from the 12th Chapter of the Letter of St

Saudi Arabia arrested 29 Christian women and six Christian men, all Ethiopian citizens, on December 15th after they held a prayer meeting in Jeddah.
“The Muslim preacher vilified Christianity, denigrated the Bible and told us that Islam is the only true religion. The preacher told us to convert to

who said, “He the party entrusted all matters pertaining the minorities with the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance APMA which had in the past played the most active role in interfaith harmony”.
All Pakistan Minorities Alliance APMA was formed by Shahbaz Bhatti who was selected as MNA from PPP and la

entered The Holy Family Catholic Church campus and burnt the motorcycle of the Parish Priest, which was parked in the veranda of priest’ house.
The GCIC has condemned the attack as one perpetrated by fundamentalists. The Church located at Kashmir, near Srinagar has just about a hundred odd Christi

a Christian wife and mother falsely accused of blasphemy against Mohammed and sentenced to death by a Pakistani court.
Bibi has appealed the conviction to the Lahore High Court, but is still in jail pending the outcome of her appeal. If the High Court upholds the guilty verdict and death sentence,

A coordinated series of bomb blasts and shooting sprees mostly targeting police stations Friday sent panicked residents of Nigeria's second biggest city of more than 10 million people running for cover.
The scale of the carnage makes this by far the deadliest strike claimed by Boko Haram, a shadowy

He spoke about the call of the Prophet Samuel in the first reading, and the call of the first disciples of Jesus in the Gospel.
“Both of these stories,” he said, “emphasize the role of the person who plays the role of the mediator, helping those who are called to recognise the voice of God, and to