News February 2010

• Holiday Accident in Ecuador Leaves 2 Ecuadorian Christian Workers Dead
  
  
• Save me, help me get out! An unheard midnight cry of a victim girl forced into prostitution at a brothel in Mumbai, India
  
  
• Christians in Nigeria Decry Police Inaction in Church Burnings
  
  
• National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP) organized Training Workshop for Teachers on "Peace-Building" in Saint Anthony's Girls’ High School Silakot, Pakistan
  
  
  
• Pope's Profound Sorrow at Death of Christians in Iraq
  
  
• Rising crimes against religious minorities is an alarm bell: NCJP
  
  
• Russia - Back to the future for Jehovah's Witnesses?
  
  
• Pro Life Film "Sarah's Choice" has World Premier Feb. 27th on TBN
  
  
• World's Largest Religious Broadcaster Extends Reach Through iPhone App, Social Media
  
  
• 40,000 Haitians profess faith in Christ since Jan. 12 quake
  
  
• Media Expert: Hollywood Is Going in the Right Direction with More Christian Movies
  
  
• Nuncio Decries 'Endless' String of Deaths in Iraq
  
  
• Christians fleeing Mosul as targeted murders continue
  
  
• Homeschoolers Launch First Ever Social Network for Christian Families
  
  
• Gun Saint Society Commemorates Possenti Feast Day this Weekend, Notes Group Chairman
  
  
• Miners targeting Church property - Bellary Bishop Henry D'Souza
  
  
• Villagers Try to Stop Mission Work
  
  
• Archbishop, Dr Rowan Williams's message to mark beginning of Lent
  
  
• Suspected rapists of Christian minor appear in court - CLAAS
  
  
• Legal setbacks hamper fight for justice for Shazia - CLAAS
  
  
• Italian Bishops Address Mafia Problems, Document Discusses Need for Solidarity and Subsidiarity
  
  
• Civil Court Murree Orders Returning of Abused Church Land to Church
  
  
  
• Vonette Bright Named Recipient of the Women in Christian Media Lifetime Achievement Award
  
  
  
• International convention marking Year for Priests open to all faithful
  
  
• Image of Jesus with beer and cigarette causes conflict in northern India
  
  
• Christian minority women face unknown world in Pakistan
  
  
• Pakistani Christian condemn beheadings
  
  
• Creating a place for all persons to call home is theme of 2010 Ecumenical Advocacy Days
  
  
• Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches reports Catholics, Mormons, Assemblies of God growing; Mainline churches report a continuing decline
  
  
  
• Details of Spiritual Exercises of Pope and Roman Curia
  
  
• The cross of Christ, a reality check for the ecumenical movement
  
  
• Uzbekistan - Threats, raids and violence against religious believers
  
  
• Reconciliations in Karachi Churches attacks
  
  
• Trend continues against churches previously protected by Iranian government
  
  
• Inter-Religious Dialogue in Cairo
  
  
• It's once-a-decade religion communication event and most participants consider it worth the wait
  
  
  
• The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, and the Bishop in Jerusalem, the Rt Reverend Suheil Dawani, were received by His Majesty King Abdullah of Jordan at the culmination of the Archbishop's two day visit to the Kingdom 19-21 February
  
  
• Patriarchal and Synodal Encyclical On the Sunday of Orthodoxy
  
  
• Angelus: Lent, a Period of Spiritual 'Combat'
  
  
• Presentation of Pontifical Yearbook 2010
  
  
• Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali: Promoting life rather than death
  
  
• Clash between Christians and Hindus over publication of Jesus Christ in an allegedly objectionable manner; curfew clamped, Church vandalized in Punjab State, India
  
  
• Arrest of the Assyrian leader of the Kermanshah Church in Iran
  
  
• Living Branch Church, Christian Colony, New Iqbal Town, Islamabad is organizing seminar on Christian Character on February 27, 2010
  
  
• Pakistan: a Discipleship Seminar was held in Chakwal city by Living Branch Church, Islamabad
  
  
• Livelihood Program of Caritas Pakistan Lahore organized an orientation session on Organic farming at Youngsonabad District Nankana
  
  
  
• Peace Ambassadors Pakistan has completed its Peace survey on 15th February, 2010
  
  
• Rt. Rev. Bishop Rufin Anthony Coadjutor Bishop of Islamabad/Rawalpindi Succeeded as Bishop of Islamabad/Rawalpindi, Pakistan by Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana
  
  
• Priests: Men of God, Obedient to His Will
  
  
• Messiah Records, A Pakistani Christian recording ministry serving the Christian community in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  
  
  
• Caritas Pakistan Lahore, Tree Plantation Ceremony at St. Paul School Gulshan Colony, Jumber and Shouq–e–Taleem School, Bhai Pheru, Kasur
  
  
  
• U.S. Christians concerned about Patriarch's safety, Kinnamon tells U.S. State Department
  
  
  
• NCC General Secretary asks U.S. State Department to investigate detention of Philippine health workers
  
  
• Petition supporting Mother Teresa stamp reaches over 70,000 signatures
  
  
• Catholic Bible Commission Pakistan published Bishops Synod on October 2008 in Urdu translated by Capuchin Priest Fr. Sadique Patras
  
  
  
• Spanish bishop reaffirms that science and faith are complementary
  
  
• Lent: Crossing the Desert, Abandoning Ourselves to God
  
  
• Pakistan Christian: Shazia murder case - Bails granted to Mohammad Naeem and co-accused by Additional Sessions Judge, Lahore - CLAAS
  
  
• Young Christian Leaders Network (YCLN) is organizing conference on community issues at Shalom Centre Jhelum, Pakistan
  
  
  
• Abide in God and Keep His Commandments - Pope
  
  
• Bioethics: Human Dignity and Natural Moral Law - Pope
  
  
• The Church Recognises the Face of Jesus in the Poor
  
  
• Archbishop Jabez Bryce Bishop of the Diocese of Polynesia has died in Suva
  
  
  
• Caritas pakistan Lahore, Tree Plantation Ceremony at Saint Joseph High school, Thornton Road, Lahore
  
  
  
• Pakistan Christian TV, Advisory Board meeting will be held on Feb 16 in Rawalpindi
  
  
• Caritas Pakistan Lahore, Livelihood Program organized seminar on importance of Kitchen Gardening at Joy Shah, Anarkali Parish, Lahore
  
  
  
• Ecumenical Water Network delves into 'Holy Waters' during Lent
  
  
• WCC urges release of detained Filipino church worker
  
  
• Catholic and Anglican bishops say Sri Lankan elections broke laws
  
  
• Pre-arrest bail plea of bishop turned down - Ghazal Bhatti
  
  
• Catholic Bible Commission Pakistan organized four days training programs in Karachi
  
  
  
• Caritas Pakistan Lahore, Livelihood Program organized the seminar on the importance of Kitchen Gardening at Wandala Dayal Shaw, Shahdra Parish, Lahore
  
  
  
• Vienna Archbishop Praises American Pro-Life Movement in Visit to Priests for Life Office
  
  
• Tensions over women bishops in Church of England continue at General Synod
  
  
• Venezuelan cardinal calls for new evangelization of country's capital
  
  
• Harvesting the Results of Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue
  
  
• St. Anthony of Padua, an Example to Preachers
  
  
• International Minorities Alliance has condemned Karachi Blasts
  
  
  
• Update on Feb 10 of the court hearing of Shazia Murder Case- CLAAS
  
  
• Catholic Bible Commission Pakistan (CBCP) and Kitab-o-Qalam has jointly organized a workshop on Psalms in Mirpurkhas, Sindh
  
  
• International Theological Congress on 11 and 12 March
  
  
• Shazia murder case, Mohammad Naeem sent to jail - CLAAS
  
  
• WCC commends G7 relief of Haiti's debt, asks IMF to follow suit
  
  
• Walyat Masih and his family are being pressured, they have been mentally tortured, they are living in fear, still receiving threats from Gujranwala
  
  
  
• Pakistan plans within this year to revise its laws against blasphemy - Shahbaz Bhatti, Minister for minority affairs
  
  
  
• 9th February is important day for Shazia case, police will submit their investigations to the Magistrate Saleem Sheikh
  
  
• Pakistan Christian Congress and Life for All strongly condemns the attack on Skeikh Rasheed
  
  
  
• 25 Christian Schools participated in Bible Quiz program in Pastoral Center, Rawapindi
  
  
• Jinnah Hospital Karachi bomb blast Christians laid to rest in peace, Father Gulfam of Saint Patrick Church Karachi lead funeral service
  
  
  
• Ukrainian presidential election threat to religious freedom
  
  
• Kabul24: The Story of Unwavering Faith in the Face of Unimaginable Terror
  
  
• It is Disgraceful that Escaped Haitian Criminals are Roaming the Streets of Haiti While Ten American Christian Missionaries Remain in Jail
  
  
• To Scottish Bishops: Renew Focus on Lay Apostolate - Holy Father
  
  
• Blast at Jinnah Hospital Karachi
  
  
• Baptist volunteers in Haiti charged with kidnapping
  
  
• Human Rights Organizations Issue Joint Statement Commending Freedom Now for Petitioning the UN for Gao Zhisheng
  
  
• Atrocities around World Demonstrate Need for Key Appointment
  
  
• New website organizes Rosary campaign for individual bishops
  
  
• Salvation in Christ Is the Foundation of Human Justice
  
  
• Yousaf Akhtar Chohdry is nominated as President of International Minorities Alliance in Germany and International Coordinator of International Minorities Alliance (IMA)
  
  
  
• Accused Mohammad Naeem is being fully supported by the Lahore Bar while even some Christian lawyers have declined to support us in this case - CLAAS
  
  
• No lawyer was present from Shazia's side in Court, Bad situation of Christians in Pakistan - 'Life for All' reported
  
  
• 2010 focus on peace building in Africa - WCC
  
  
• New Radio Broadcast Delivers Christian Leadership Training to Persecuted North Korean Christians
  
  
• Benedict XVI reflects on life of St. Dominic, model for new evangelization
  
  
• Turkmenistan - Sentences on conscientious objectors a 'state secret'?
  
  
• Consecrated Life Expresses Superabundance of Divine Love
  
  
• 3000 Refugees Under Thai Pressure To Teturn To Burma
  
  
• Hosanna The Gospel Band, first Pakistani Christian Band is launching its Video CD in February 2010
  
  
  
• Livelihood Program of Caritas Pakistan Lahore conducted the Livestock Vaccination Camp at Parheywali district Nankana
  
  
  
• Events for 25th Anniversary of Healthcare Council
  
  
• 'Life for All' organized a protest in Youhanabad, Lahore for Shazia case
  
  
  
• Baptist group arrested in Haiti denies trafficking charge
  
  
• World Vision Dedicated February 2010 for Haiti's Children Prayer
  
  
• Belarus - Conscientious objector jailed
  
  
• 27 bounded children who worked as residential domestic servants in Lahore - Peace Ambassadors Pakistan
  
  
• The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams expressed his regret at the decision of the Most Revd Dr Mouneer Anis, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Egypt
  
  
• Christian Leaders Urge Senate to Join House in Passing Tough Sanctions on Iran
  
  
• Benedict XVI's Prayer Intentions for February
  
  
• Pope Speaks of Forthcoming Apostolic Trip to Great Britain
  
  
• Economic Crisis Calls for Everyone to Show Responsibility
  
  
• Reinforce Strategies in the Struggle against Leprosy
  
  
• Justice, Charity and Truth Must Guide the Roman Rota
  
  
• Turkmenistan - Worship without state registration 'illegal'