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Topic: Shahbaz Bhatti
Shahbaz Bhatti may become a saint, says cardinal
It would be ‘wonderful’ if Pakistan’s Minister for Minorities was canonised, says Britain’s most senior cleric
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A daily guide to what’s happening in the Catholic Church
Pope condemns persecution of Christians
In his address to diplomats Benedict XVI laments violent attacks on Christians as well as efforts to push religion out of the public sphere
Fear is silencing Christians in Pakistan, says archbishop
Archbishop Saldanha says that after the murder of Shahbaz Bhatti Christians are either leaving the country or keeping their mouth shut
Shahbaz Bhatti is not the only martyr in the struggle against Pakistan’s blasphemy laws
In 1998 Bishop John Joseph committed suicide in protest at the terrible laws. Thirteen years on, the government still buries its head in the sand







Pakistan is ruled by mob justice. And the authorities are too scared to do anything about it
The setting on fire of a man who had supposedly desecrated the Koran shows again that extremists are in charge