We begin this morning the most sacred week of the Christian year. Upon hearing of the accounts of the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, and the solemn reading of the Passion of our Lord, one is swept away by the sheer drama. It is also a time of the holiest week in the Jewish year. Historia

and urged Supreme Court of Pakistan to ensure safety of Hindu girls Rinkle kumari and Dr. Lata to whom it ordered to send to Darul-Aman on March 26, 2012, instead of their request to send them with their parents in court hearing.
Nazir Bhatti said “PCC have information’s that Muslim clerics and fam

Cuban television showed the pope and Castro in the Palace of the Revolution on Tuesday at the beginning and end of an hour-long meeting, but they did not speak to the press. A Vatican spokesman said former leader Fidel Castro, who may or may not meet with Benedict, did not attend the talks.
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On his last day in Mexico, the pope said Mass for a joyous crowd that organizers estimated at 300,000 people at a sprawling park on the outskirts of the central city of Leon.
Long lines of people, many praying, singing and carrying pictures of the leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics a

The ICV executive met to discuss situation after resignation of ICV President Mr. Pervez Masih and decided to accept it. The ICV Executive flayed allegations laid on leadership of ICV in resignation of Mr. Pervez Masih and urged Christian community in Canada to stand united for Christian cause and t

and recommended US State Department to enlist Pakistan in Countries of Particular Concern CPC.
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom USCIRF, a federal government commission that monitors global religious freedom, today released its 2012 Annual Report and recommended that the Secret

province of Assuit today prevented defense lawyer Ahmad Sayed Gabali, who is representing the Christian Makarem Diab, from going into court. Mr. Diab was found guilty of ‘Insulting the Muslim Prophet’ and was scheduled today a hearing on his appeal.
Attorney Dr. Naguib Gabriell, head of the Egypti

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