Pakistan
Notable Catholic Saints
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'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.
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