Morning Catholic must-reads: 03/07/15
July 3, 2015
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A daily guide to what’s happening in the Catholic Church
Asia Bibi is so ill ‘she can hardly walk’, say her family
June 8, 2015
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Christian woman on death row for five years is transferred to a different prison
Bill proposed to change Pakistan’s strict blasphemy law
June 1, 2015
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Christians hope ‘black law’ will be amended to protect innocent victims
Morning Catholic must-reads: 07/11/14
November 7, 2014
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A daily guide to what’s happening in the Catholic Church
Why do Hague and Cameron give comfort to anti-Christian regimes?
September 23, 2013
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Our Government deplores attacks on Christians but continues to support governments that make them possible
Catholic critic of blasphemy law is shot dead in Pakistan
March 2, 2011
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Shahbaz Bhatti, Minister for Minorities, had received death threats from extremists but refused to stop speaking out
Pakistani Christian leader: death threats won’t stop me speaking out
February 16, 2011
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Shahbaz Bhatti, the first Christian to hold a cabinet post in Pakistan, vows to continue opposing blasphemy law despite threats
Pope urges Pakistan to scrap blasphemy law
January 11, 2011
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In state of the world address Pope Benedict says threats to religious freedom abound, even in the west
Pakistan’s president ‘wants to abolish blasphemy law’, says cardinal
December 2, 2010
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Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran made the comment after meeting President Zardari in Pakistan
Pope calls for release of Christian woman sentenced to death
November 18, 2010
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Pope Benedict XVI expresses ‘spiritual closeness’ to 37-year-old woman convicted on charges of blasphemy in Pakistan
Pope calls for release of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death in Pakistan
November 17, 2010
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Pope Benedict XVI asks that the Pakistani government release Asia Bibi and expresses his spiritual closeness to her and her family
Christianity is the most persecuted religion, say European bishops
October 7, 2010
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COMECE urges EU foreign ministry to set up a ‘religion unit’ to promote cause of religious freedom more effectively