The full text of the Holy Father’s remarks…
Dear Brother Bishops,
It gives me great joy to welcome you as you make your visit ad Limina Apostolorum during this Easter season. Through you I extend my greetings to all the faithful in your care, and I thank Cardinal Telesphore Placidus Toppo for the

Cairo: May 9, 2011. (AINA) Christians Copts in the area of Embaba were attacked Saturday evening by Muslim Salafis. The attacks lasted for 14 hours. The Muslims fired guns and rifles and hurled Molotov cocktails at Coptic churches, houses and businesses. 12 Copts were killed and 232 injured.

ISLAMABAD: May 6, 2011. (PCP) Former Federal Minister for Population Welfare and Convener World Minorities Alliance J.Salik has strongly reacted to the statement of the newly appointed Minister for Minorities Affairs Riaz Hussain Pirzada that he would tender his resignation if he is not acceptable t

The Pope’s message, made public by the Vatican on May 5, was directed to the annual plenary meeting of the commission, which was dedication to a discussion of inspiration in the Bible.
"An interpretation of Sacred Scripture that ignores or forgets its inspiration does not take into account its mos

The comment came as part of a short response to the worldwide news that Osama bin Laden, taken to be a key al-Qaida leader, has been killed by US forces in Pakistan, according to a statement made by President Barack Obama
The Vatican described bin Laden as a man who sowed division and hatred and wh

residential area where Christians and Muslims shared neighborhood from decades in very harmonious way in Gujranwala city of Punjab province of Pakistan.
The Muslim mob attacked on houses of Christians banging their doors and beating any one they found in home. Attackers were abusing and disrespecti

Rome’s army of council workers are labouring around the clock to ensure that everything will be all right on the night and the day after, with giant screens and loud speakers being hauled into place ahead of Saturday’s “White night of prayer” and Sunday’s Beatification Mass.

The Eternal City has

at different places in Faisalabad and Lahore. After quenched the lust, the rapist left her at Railway Station Faisalabad and threatened her that he would involved her parents in a bomb blast case if she told anybody about this incident.
On 16th April 2011, a case (FIR # 454/2011) under sect

The 84 year-old pontiff presided at an Easter eve service in St Peter's Basilica, delivering a sermon around the theme of divine creation and receiving six adult converts from various countries into the church.
Saturday's ceremony followed a cautious move on Good Friday to address a wider audience

The Christian leaders of All India Christian Association joined Pakistan Movement on assurances of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah that Separate Electorate will be given to Christians in Pakistan that they may elect their representation proportional to their population in Parliament.
Nazir Bhatti

Thousands of people packed into the piazza both young and old waving palms and olive branches as is traditional on this occasion.
As the choir sang the “Hosanna” a solemn procession ranging from deacons to Cardinals made its way around the square. Pope Benedict resplendent in red vestments and trav

The case of blasphemy is registered on burning pages of Quran against Father and Son in Gujranwala city where Farrukh Gill was working as a Welfare Officer at "National Bank", and his father is a teacher at the "Christian Technical Training Center" Guranjawala Pakistan.
BPCA quotes from noting of B

Dr. Nazir S Bhatti, President of Pakistan Christian Congress PCC said that violence against 20 million Pakistani Christian have risen after abolishment of Separate Electorate in Pakistan by General Parvez Musharraf in 2002.
The attack on Christian life and property on pretext to blasphemy was at pe

on appointment of Dr. Khatumal Jeewan on seat vacated after assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti in National Assembly of Pakistan by President Asif Ali Zardari, who is also Co-Chairperson of ruling Pakistan Peoples Party PPP.
“It is surprising for millions of Pakistani Christians that PPP leadership dir

The Vatican said the 83-year-old prelate died Friday. He had suffered a heart attack a year ago, Indian reports said.
Benedict lauded the cardinal's "dedication and service" to the Syro-Malabar church in India.
During a period of tension and violence between Hindus and Christians in 2008, Vithayat