An assault on Massey by 20-25 VHP activists was recorded by TV cameras on 29 April 2007 in Jaipur, Rajasthan, and broadcast around India. The Fact Finding Team, organized by the All India Christian Council (aicc) and Satbhav Morch (Brotherhood Front) Jaipur, appealed to the Rajasthan Government to b

urging him not to give in to intimidation. Yesterday morning, Benedict XVI made a personal phone call to the Archbishop, followed later in the day by an official telegram. In the note written on behalf of the pope by the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the pontiff also urges

At 1.30 PM, in vicinity of House of Chief Minister of Rajistan in historic city of Jaipur, Hindu radicals in masks attacked Pastor named Walter Masih in front of his children and wife.
In footage shown on Aajtak TV channels, Pastor cried for help but no one came to rescue on fear of radical element

Vatican City (AsiaNews) – April 27, 2007. A pastoral synod by exploring doctrinal reasoning aims to extend and strengthen the practice of our encounter with the Word of God. That is the objective of the next general assembly of the synod of bishops, which will be dedicated to the theme of "The Wo

Instead, Maulana Mohammad Umer, imam at a local mosque, filed a complaint against Mr Masih under Section 295–A and 295–C (commonly known as the blasphemy law) of the Pakistan Penal Code. Penalties include the death sentence for anyone who offends Islam's prophet and sacred texts.
The Police als

KASHMIR, INDIA (ANS) – April 19, 2007. An active member of the Salem Voice Ministries underground House Church in Kashmir was brutally murdered on Saturday, April 14, according to news sources in India.
Manzoor Ahmad Chat, 33, was beheaded by Hizbul militants on Saturday before dawn. Local polic

The arrests brought to 10 the number of suspects in custody, all people in their late teens or early 20s, said Halil Ibrahim Dasoz, governor of Malatya, the city in central Turkey where the killings took place.
Malatya is known as hotbed of Turkish nationalism and as the hometown of Mehmet Ali Agca

Sources told the All India Christian Council that, while worship led by Pastor Yona Babu at Shirad Valley was going on, a group of 60 people belonging to Vishwa Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council) forcefully entered the room and sat among church members.
Pastor Babu reported to the All India Chris

Police arrested four culprits but later released three who were from families of local influential and detained one who was from North Western Province of Pakistan.
According to the facts collected by Sharing Life Ministry Pakistan (SLMP) team, on 8th April 2007, Easter Day at about 10:00 A.M Cheen

Benedict started the Mass by blessing a large white candle and carrying it down the main aisle of the darkened basilica. Slowly, the twinkle of candlelight lit up the entire basilica as the faithful shared the lone flame.
The Church considers the period between Good Friday, which commemorates Jesus

Christians are entering in the Holy Week which is the most sacred season in the Christian calendar. The culmination of the events in the Holy Week as mentioned in the New Testament lead us to the Cross and the Resurrection (Easter). The Anglican scholar, Bishop Stephen Neill while meditating on th

nominated in FIR under section 295 A&C PPC, on complaint of one Muslim named Abdul Ghaffar.
According to SLPM fact-finding team visiting Toba Tek Singh city " It was an incident of minor dispute among Christian and Muslim teens in a playground where 11 years son of Salamat Masih refused to play w

At a ceremony including solemn oaths and centuries-old sacred rituals on the second anniversary of his death, officials formally concluded the first phase of a probe into his holiness.
The Rome diocese gave the Vatican tens of thousands of pages of documents and transcripts which propose that John

"I am cured. It is the work of God, through the intercession of pope John Paul II," told Sister Marie Simon-Pierre, smiling broadly before a barrage of television cameras.
"It`s something very strong, very difficult to put into words," she told reporters in the southern French city of Aix en Proven

He is reportedly accused for burning Quranic papers on asking of Liaqat Ali.
Sharing Life Ministry Pakistan SLMP, team consisting on three members Sohail Johnson Chief Coordinator and Shahzad Kamran field officer and Zahid Daniel met Zohera Bibi aged 43, wife of Amanat Masih.
Zohera Bibi told