A celebration dinner was held for the appointment of Cardinal Joseph Coutts, who became Pakistan’s first Roman Catholic Cardinal since Joseph Cordeiro who died of a protracted illness on February 11th 1994 after himself being appointed by Pope John Paul II in 1973. Read more (here). Upon his appointment on 29h June 2018, Cardinal Coutts […]
Month: July 2018
No knives better lives!
After a rise in teen violence in the London Borough of Redbridge, a Green Lane based group held a vigil in honour of victims of violent crime in hope of sending a strong message of unity and solidarity amongst local youth. The East Ilford Betterment Partnership a constituted community group made up of local residents […]
Christians brace for further marginalization with zero representation in the National Assembly as blasphemy law proponents seize power
Ink stains the thumb of a Pakistani voter – voting by thumb print is a system that allows corruption . Former cricketer Imran Khan is declaring his party – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has the right to form the new government in his nation’s 2018 national election. Christians are bracing for a season of no representation under […]
Youths concerned about growing street violence to hold peace vigil at Redbridge Peace Monument
Dozens of teenagers have committed themselves to spend time in Ilford Town Centre engaging with children and teenagers during the first week of the summer holidays, in their attempts to promote peace, love and unity in Redbridge. Over the last few months Redbridge Council has agreed a monthly schedule of community events with British Pakistani […]
Unwanted goods help Pak-Christians make ends meet in Pakistan
Image of BPCA sorting centre where unwanted goods are cleaned and packaged to be given to deprived Christian families in Pakistan. We continue to collect second-hand items and send them across to Pakistan to helped deprived families. Since we started this project we have sent across 32 large consignments of clothes, toys and books and […]
Shooters shatter altar at Catholic youth meeting, then threaten arson in land grab attempt!
A Catholic Church in Harsan Kot Chak 165, in the district of Samundari, 36 km from Faisalabad came under attack on the evening of 13th July 2018 when four armed men fired bullets at the front wall and entry. The incident began at 6pm when a 17 year old teenager named Shan Jalal was walking […]
Police discrimination forces Pak-Christians to petition the government to worship in church
A Pakistani church in New Sarabah Village, Toba Tek Singh Chak 336, has been forced to approach the Deputy Commissioner of Police for Toba Tek Singh for permission to use their church building. Their church was banned for any kind of church services two years ago after Christian music and prayers emanating from the building […]
Hard-working and exploited Pakistani Christian asylum seekers arrested in Phuket
Persecution victims Adnan Masih, his wife and two children during happier days. Yesterday (3rd July 2018) 12 Pakistani asylum seekers were arrested whilst travelling on a Thai Bus to Phuket where all the men were employed and cooks. cleaners and waiters for one of the country’s leading tourist restaurants. 8 of the men arrested were […]
Churches in Thailand targeted during asylum crackdown!
Wilson Chowdhry hands over payment for Thai classes for one of the church projects supported by the BPCA. The leader of a church in Thailand that organises Thai-language and English classes for asylum seekers funded by the BPCA has spoken out against the targeting of international churches during a resurgent Thai authorities crackdown on people […]
Why does the court ruling to officially refer to Christians as Masihi rather than Esai matter?
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has directed all the authorities within the country to refer to the Christian community as ‘Masihi’ officially. For this purpose the authorities were directed to make all necessary arrangements in official documents and records to use the word Masihi instead of Esai. On May 11, Friday, a two member bench […]