A court in Pakistan has sentenced a 37-year-old Christian man to death after he was accused of breaching the country’s blasphemy laws. Father of four, Asif Pervaiz, was found guilty on Tuesday by a court in the eastern city of Lahore. Mr. Pervaiz is accused of having sent "blasphemous" text messages to a former supervisor at work back in 2013. He was soon arrested and has been in prison awaiting trial ever since. Mr. Pervaiz told the court that the allegation was a fabrication, concocted after he refused to yield to pressure from his former supervisor to convert from Christianity to Islam. Mr. Pervaiz’s lawyer now intends to appeal this week’s death sentence to a higher court.
Queensland law demands priests to break confessional seal
The State of Queensland in Australia has passed a law which threatens priests with three years in prison if they don’t break the seal of confession to report child sex abuse to police. The new legislation received bi-partisan support from the state’s largest political parties in the Queensland Parliament on Tuesday with only minority parties opposing the measure. It has also been opposed by the Catholic Church. In his formal submission to the parliamentary inquiry on the matter, Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Brisbane said the new law makes a priest, “less a servant of God than an agent of the state
Pope Francis prays for the late Cardinal Marian Jaworski
Pope Francis has expresses condolences at the death of the Polish theologian and philosopher, Cardinal Marian Jaworski, who died last week at the age of 94. May he rest in peace. Cardinal Jaworski was a great friend of Pope Saint John Paul II and a close academic collaborator with Pope Benedict XVI. In a telegram sent to the Archbishop of Krakow, Pope Francis thanked God for “the life and apostolic ministry” of Cardinal Jaworski whom he described as “a faithful witness to the Gospel.” The Holy Father particularly noted the late Cardinal’s episcopal motto: Mihi vivere Christus est, meaning “For me to live is Christ.”
Pope Francis: Humanitarian crises should not prevent education of young
Pope Francis urges people to pray that war and terrorism do not undermine the education of the young. The Holy Father made his comments during Wednesday’s weekly audience at the Vatican. They coincide with this week’s first ever International Day to Protect Education from Attack, which is an initiative of the United Nations. He prayed for all children affected by conflict and stated that, “efforts that guarantee safe environments for their education not wain, above all in situations of humanitarian crises.”
World Youth Day 2023 preparations resume in Portugal
The Church in Portugal has resumed its preparations for the next World Youth Day which will take place in the Iberian nation in 2023. The global gathering of Catholic young people was due to take place in the capital city of Lisbon in 2022, but that date has been pushed back a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The planning for the event is being led by the Auxiliary Bishop of Lisbon, the Most Reverend Américo Aguiar. Last week, he chaired the first World Youth Day planning meeting since the COVID-19 outbreak.
U.S. Navy reverses decision to cancel contracts with civilian priests
The United States Navy has announced that Catholic priests who are not members of the military will still be permitted to celebrate Holy Mass within the naval bases of Southern California. Due to the present lack of Catholic military chaplains, civilian priests – such as diocesan clerics – often have to provide chaplaincy services at local military bases. Last week saw the Navy announce that they were cancelling all such contracts with such non-military chaplains – a move which they claimed was motived by a desire to save money.
National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children to be held this week
This Saturday will see many people across the United States mark the 8th National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children. The occasion will witness prayer vigils being held at 54 gravesites of aborted children across the United States – and many other sites associated with their memory. Over the years, the mortal remains of thousands of aborted babies have been retrieved from waste facilities outside abortion clinics.
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