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Pakistani Christian accused of blasphemy is sentenced to death

January 20, 2022

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CWN Editor's Note: In a case that has garnered international attention, Zafar Bhatti was arrested in 2012 after being accused of insulting the mother of Muhammad, the founder of Islam. A judge has now overturned his life sentence and sentenced him to death.

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Mon28 September
Ordinary Time

Monday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Wenceslaus, Martyr; Opt Mem of St. Lawrence Ruiz and Companions, Martyrs

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Today the Church celebrates two optional memorials of martyrs: —St. Wenceslaus (907-929) was Duke of Bohemia, who after many trials in governing and evangelizing his people, suffered martyrdom at the hands of his brother in the year 929. —St. Lawrence Ruiz and his companions…

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