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

Speaking at his Sunday blessing, he said he was addressing his appeal to "international bodies", and "those who hold military and political responsibility".

to intervene to ensure justice for oppressed Pakistani Christian who are victimized under Islamic laws and treated as 2nd class citizen. Mr. Bhatti was addressing a protest gathering of Pakistani Christian Diaspora in front of UN building in New York, to condemn assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti.
Mr.

Preacher, the French Carmelite, Father Lethel, explored the theme of holiness, drawing on the figure of John Paul II in view of the upcoming beatification.
Pope Benedict XVI, in thanking father Lethel, noted that the meditations were in line with his catechesis on the figures of the saints in the

In a March 12 telegram to Archbishop Leo Jun Ikenaga of Osaka, the president of the Japanese bishops’ conference, the Pope said he was “deeply saddened” by news of the tragedy, and prayer for the dead and their loved ones. At his midday public audience on March 13, the Pontiff said images of the tsu

PCC condemned imposition of Joint Electorate which enabled Selection of Christians on reserved seats in National assembly of Pakistan and Four provincial Assemblies in 2002, by military ruler General Parvez Mushhraf after abolishing Separate Electorate.
The Christians in Pakistan were enjoying Sep

Michael Javed, Fides reveal sources in Pakistan, is also the candidate most accredited Bhatti to succeed to the post of Minister of Religious Minorities. Indeed, the government - views the internal and international pressure it undergoes at this time - seems to have no intention of keeping the seat

Hundreds of All Pakistan Minorities Alliance APMA activists have traveled from different parts of Punjab to participate in funeral services of their chief Shahbaz Bhatti, who was gunned down in Islamabad on March 2, 2011, when heading for cabinet meeting from his home.
The Chief Minister Punjab was

the latest attack on a high-profile Pakistani figure who had urged reforming harsh blasphemy laws that impose the death penalty for insulting Islam.
Shahbaz Bhatti was on his way to work in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, when unknown gunmen riddled his car with bullets, police officer Mohmmad Iq