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'Today God has answered their prayers': Pakistan releases Asia Bibi

Wed, 08 May 2019 10:32:58 -0400

MANCHESTER, England - Pakistani authorities freed Asia Bibi, a Catholic woman acquitted of blasphemy, and she has flown to Canada to join her family at a secret address.

Pakistani prime minister tells BBC Asia Bibi has not left for Canada

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 14:27:16 -0400

KARACHI, Pakistan - Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said Asia Bibi remains in the country, negating speculation that she had already joined her family in Canada.

New life in Canada awaits Asia Bibi

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 12:09:22 -0500

After a decade of prayer, diplomacy and legal wrangling, a persecuted Christian farmhand and her family is about to start a new life in Canada.

Asia Bibi headed to Canada

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:40:09 -0500

This story has been modified to clarify the perspective of the Canadian bishop quoted below.

Pakistan Supreme Court upholds Asia Bibi's blasphemy acquittal

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 08:39:23 -0500

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan's Supreme Court upheld its acquittal of a Pakistani Catholic woman sentenced to hang for blasphemy.

Asia Bibi's blasphemy acquittal challenged by extremist group in Pakistan Supreme Court

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 14:24:44 -0500

MANCHESTER, England – The acquittal of a Pakistani Catholic woman sentenced to hang for blasphemy is to be challenged in the country's Supreme Court, according to her husband.

Asia Bibi's release sets legal precedent in Pakistan

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 15:14:55 -0400

SYDNEY – Asia Bibi has been released from death row and prison in Pakistan and is now under heavy protective guard in a secret location with her family, reported a longtime Catholic missionary involved with negotiations in Pakistan about her case.

Pakistan court sets aside death sentence for Catholic woman convicted of blasphemy

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 11:00:34 -0400

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan's Supreme Court has set aside the death sentence of Asia Bibi, a Catholic convicted of blasphemy, and ordered her release from prison.

Pakistan court rules on Catholic woman's blasphemy charge for insulting Muhammad

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 17:23:00 -0400

CHESTER, England – A court in Pakistan has reached a decision on whether a Catholic woman will become the first person to hang to death under the country's controversial blasphemy laws.

Blasphemy is the gravest sin, Pope says

Sun, 10 Jun 2018 10:02:23 -0400

VATICAN – During his Angelus address on Sunday, Pope Francis discussed the incomprehension Christ faced during his earthly ministry, from both the scribes and his own family.