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Pakistan Violence, the Abortion Pill, Maui Fires and More (Aug. 19)

The Maui fire devastation and a spared Catholic Church, a court ruling reinstating limits on abortion pills, Ohio pro-lifers gearing for an aggressive abortion ballot measure in November, and churches destroyed by a mob in Pakistan — these are some of the news stories that Matthew Bunson and Jeanette De Melo discuss this week in an Editors’ Corner. Then, EWTN News legal analyst Andrea Picciotti-Bayer gives an update on several religious liberty cases making their way through state courts.

Jeanette De Melo Register Radio August 18, 2023

Pakistani Mobs Attack Christian Communities and Burn Churches Over Blasphemy Accusations

Up to 15 church buildings have been desecrated, hundreds of Christian homes destroyed, and thousands of Christians have been forced to flee because of the attacks,

Peter Pinedo/CNA World August 16, 2023

Pakistan’s Legislature Passes Bill to Increase Blasphemy Penalties to Life in Prison

Human-rights groups have raised concerns that the laws could be used to target religious minorities.

Tyler Arnold World August 15, 2023

Pakistan Tightens Its Already Far-Reaching Blasphemy Laws

As of 2020, at least 40 people were serving a life sentence or facing execution for blasphemy in the country.

Jonah McKeown/CNA World January 23, 2023

Facing a Rise in Religous Repression in India and Elsewhere in South Asia (Season 4 — Ep. 3)

In most South and Southeast Asian countries, ‘religion is a powerful force, and in most of them, more radical forms of the religion have been getting stronger,’ says religious freedom expert Paul Marshall. ‘I would say the overall pattern is increased tension, increased repression.’

Andrea Picciotti-Bayer Audio May 21, 2022

School Credits for Pakistan Inmates Should Apply to Non-Muslims, Too, Petition States

Akmal Bhatti, a Catholic lawyer from Faisalabad, said the petition highlights a “glaring” inequity in the jail system’s implementation of the education policy.

Aftab Alexander Mughal/CNA World March 21, 2022

Akash Bashir, Who Died Protecting Catholic Worshippers in Pakistan, Named a Servant of God

Bashir died on March 15, 2015, when suicide bombers attacked St. John’s Catholic Church and Christ ‎Church of the Church of Pakistan.

Katie Yoder/CNA World February 2, 2022

Anglican Pastor Shot Dead in Pakistan on Way Home from Church

Catholic Archbishop Benny Mario Travas of Karachi expressed solidarity with the Christian community in Peshawar after the assassination.

Courtney Mares/CNA World January 31, 2022

Pakistan’s Top Court Grants Bail to Christian Facing Blasphemy Charge

The 42-year-old’s supporters believe that he was falsely accused of the crime, which is punishable by death in Pakistan, an Islamic republic in South Asia with a population of almost 227 million people.

CNA Staff World January 10, 2022

On the International Day of the Girl Child, Church in Pakistan Decries Rejection of Bill Against ‘Conversion and Forced Marriage’ of Underaged Girls

Abduction and forced marriage of Christian and other minority girls is a widespread occurrence in Pakistan.

Anto Akkara World October 11, 2021