While the amendment only applies to Pakistani Christians, Church leaders hope this is a first step in ending the plight of child abduction and marriage.
A thanksgiving Mass was celebrated in the cathedral of Lahore (Pakistan) to close the diocesan phase of the cause for beatification of young Akash Bashir.
“We are happy that God granted us this chance” to be at WYD, says Pakistani brother, accompanying one boy and one girl from each of the 7 dioceses of his homeland.
Bishop, priest discuss continuing problem of abuse of country's blasphemy laws, forced conversions, forced marriages ... and why mobs can form so quickly.
Fr. Emmanuel Asi opens up about what life is like for Christians in a predominantly Muslim country.
Death toll has reached up to 1,500 ... half of whom are children.
"Devastation everywhere": Many families have watched as their livestock -- their source of income -- was swept away, as it rains every day for 2 months.
Lahore archbishop details efforts to help young Catholics respond to challenges.
A witness to the plight of Christians and other religious minorities talks to Aleteia, as the European Union considers suspending Pakistan's preferential trading status.
Akash Bashir took down a terrorist, shielding others from the suicide bombing of a Catholic church.
“Christians are the poorest of the poor," Bishop Samson Shukardin of Hyderabad told Aid to the Church in Need
While this drama affects girls from all religious communities, Christian and Hindu girls are particularly vulnerable.
Christians and other minority faith communities are preparing for possible extremist incidents.
Nurses are suffering discrimination and threats of violence from their colleagues because of their faith.
Between 3 and 4 million people worldwide are living with deformities or other serious impairments due to leprosy.
Illiterate and non-English speakers, they were accused of sending texts in English denigrating Islam.
Muslim leaders intervened to diffuse a situation in which Christian nurses were allegedly threatened and forced into hiding.
