Pakistani bishops take part in sit-in to protest treatment of Christians

March 13, 2013

Two Pakistani bishops, including the president of the nation’s episcopal conference, took part in a peaceful sit-in and candlelight vigil in Lahore, the nation’s second-largest city, following an anti-Christian rampage that left nearly 200 homes destroyed.

Elsewhere in Lahore, police beat peaceful Christian demonstrators and fired tear gas at the crowd.

 

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Further information:

• Christians Protest in Lahore, hundreds arrested by the police: the Bishops at the sit-in (Fides)
• Over 100 homes burned in anti-Christian rampage in Pakistan (CWN, 3/11)