Pope Benedict is to divide his eight-day visit between Jordan and Israel, with a stop in Bethlehem, in the West Bank, on Wednesday.
He will also visit Amman's Regina Pacis centre for the handicapped and raise the issue of Iraq's Christian minority.
Pope Benedict plans to speak to Palestinians duri

They said the pope, who arrives in Jordan on Friday on the first leg of a tour including Israel and the Palestinian territories, still owed them an apology for hinting Islam was violent and irrational in a 2006 speech in Regensburg.
Jordan's Roman Catholic Church urged Islamists on Wednesday to wel

The Pakistani Christian in Holland were carrying play cards and Banners to protest with slogans of “Stop desecration of Church and killing of Christian in Pakistan” “We condemn injustice with Minorities” “Pakistan government shall protect Christians”
The Pakistani Christians in Netherlands took le

where Taliban uprising and Sharia law have empowered religious extremists and militants to demand Jizyia from Christians and other religious minorities.
The voice of Pakistan Christian Congress PCC was also heard in a session of Standing Committee on Minorities of National Assembly of Pakistan whe

with Police Officers and D.P O Sahiwal took very necessary action after listening the deep concern of ACCA and resolved issue.
Now, five Christians accused arrested under blasphemy charges on April 28, 2009 are free, but police advised them to leave their village.
They are out of the police cust

New Delhi: May 3, 2009. (PCP report) “Pakistani Taliban’s treatment of Sikhs in tribal areas is illegal and barbaric” says a statement issued here to day signed by Maulana Mufti Mukarram Ahmad, Shahi Imam, Jama Masjid Fatehpuri, Delhi, Hafiz Muhammad Yahya President, All India Jamiat Ahl-e Hadees, M

members abduction and demands of “Jazia” a Tax Imposed on Non-Muslims living under Sharia law by Taliban of Orakzai Agency in FATA. The Orakzai Agency is one of seven tribal regions in Federally Administered Territory Area of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan which is under control of Tehreek Taliban P

Others, however, describe it as a potential minefield where various factions may try to exploit the pope’s presence for political gain.
"Both Jewish and Muslim ideologues are determined to stop the pope crossing that bridge,” wrote Catholic religion journalist Damian Thompson in his blog for the U.

and forcibly converted her to Islam and one influential Muslim married her who is still in custody of Muslim landlord and Christian father is knocking on every door of leaders for justice. This village is hub of Jaish-e-Mohammad, a banned terrorists organization led by Moulana Masood Azhar on contro

In Taliban system Bibles are illegal. Music and singing are banned and punishments include flogging and amputations. Sharing the message of Christ is also punishable by death.
Last week on Tuesday night and Wednesday (April 21-22, 2009) near the port city of Karachi – some 1,000 kilometers (nearly

which are claiming that Attack on Churches of Taseer Town Karachi was a conspiracy against Taliban. The Christian tools of establishment are circulating bulk of e-Mails and press statements to media that graffiti chalked on walls of Churches and homes of Christians were done by land mafia and non wa

on a Christian colony named Taseer Town in Surjani Town Police Station on April 22, 2009. Imran Masih and Qadoos Masih are still in serious condition in hospital and fighting for life who also received bullet injuries when Taliban were burning houses, shops and Churches in Taseer town. The dozens we

and said “It is slap on face of those leaders who claim that Christians are safe and enjoying equal rights in Pakistan”
An emergency meeting is underway in Luton city of UK where Christian leaders are gathering to condemn attack on Churches in Karachi by Taliban militants.
Meanwhile Imran Masih, I

The attack was well organized and heavy firearms were used by hundreds of Taliban to threaten unarmed Christian elders, women and children. The Taliban chalked slogans against Christianity and to accept Islam on Church walls in Taseer Town in night of April 19, 2009 which horrified Christian residen

According to AsiaNews, Lawrence John Saldanha, archbishop of Lahore and president of the Pakistani bishops' conference, has sent an open letter to President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Raza Gilani, and the Justice Minister of the government of the North-West Frontier Province, in which he stres