Russian Patriarch Sends Plea to Pakistan for Pardon of Asia Bibi

Catholic Culture: The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has called upon Pakistan’s president to pardon Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death on blasphemy charges.

“The execution of Asia Bibi would be an irreparable loss for her family, her near and dear, cause a great damage to the Muslim-Christian dialogue and could also aggravate tension between Christians and Muslims both in Pakistan and in the entire world,” Patriarch Kirill of Moscow said in a recent letter to President Mamnoon Hussain. Read more here with links.