Asia-Pacific

Pakistan

Pakistan's 1.6 million Catholics are among the most vulnerable Christian minorities in the world — subject to blasphemy laws that carry the death penalty, mob violence targeting churches and Christian neighborhoods, and systematic social and economic discrimination in an Islamic republic.

Pakistan
St. Thomas the Apostle (ancient tradition holds he passed through Sindh on the way to India); Bl. Shahbaz Bhatti (Federal Minister for Minorities, assassinated 2011, beatification cause open)
Pakistan
Feast of the Assumption (Aug 15); Christmas (Dec 25) — observed by Pakistani Christians with processions that have increasingly required heavy police protection; Easter
Catholic Population:
1.6 million
Percent Catholic:
0.7%
Church Status
Persecuted
Primary Diocese:
Archdiocese of Karachi

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