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September 24, 2020

New declaration in Sudan eliminating state religion praised by bishops

A Muslim man is pictured in a file photo praying outside a mosque in Khartoum, Sudan. Sudanese bishops are welcoming a new declaration signed in early September that separates religion and state.

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Sudanese people can now "worship and practice their various religious beliefs without fear," said the general secretary of the Sudanese bishops' conference.

Published in International
November 5, 2018

Asia Bibi's blasphemy acquittal challenged by extremist group in Pakistan Supreme Court

The daughters of Asia Bibi, a Catholic accused of blasphemy, pose in 2010 with an image of their mother while standing outside their residence in Sheikhupura, Pakistan. The Oct. 31 acquittal of Bibi is being challenged in the country's Supreme Court, according to her husband.
MANCHESTER, England – The acquittal of a Pakistani Catholic woman sentenced to hang for blasphemy is to be challenged in the country's Supreme Court, according to her husband.
Published in International
October 8, 2018

Pakistan court rules on Catholic woman's blasphemy charge for insulting Muhammad

Ashiq Masih and daughter Eisham Ashiq are pictured Oct. 5 in St. Columba's Church in Chester, England. Asia Bibi, Ashiq's wife and Eisham's mother, is a Catholic condemned to death under Pakistan's blasphemy laws.
CHESTER, England – A court in Pakistan has reached a decision on whether a Catholic woman will become the first person to hang to death under the country's controversial blasphemy laws.
Published in International