Catholics in the poorest areas of Faisalabad diocese have given "food, quilts and a little money" to Mgr Coutts, bishop and national Caritas director. For the bishop, this is a "magnificent example of generosity".
Mgr Coutts, Bishop of Faisalabad and chairman of Caritas Pakistan, speaks about the early relief operations and the situation two weeks after the quake. United Nations warns the situation is worse than after last year's tsunami.
Mgr Saldanha told AsiaNews about the commitment of Pakistani Catholics to helping quake survivors. He launches an appeal: funds to face the winter are urgently needed. Believers of all religions are coming together to gather aid supplied and to pray.
Young Catholics work side by side with Muslims to dig out survivors from under the rubbles. More than four million people have been left homeless, prey to epidemics, gangrene and the harsh winter of Himalayas.
The Church World Service is bringing food and tents to the North West Frontier Province. Al-Jazeera laments the total absence of Islamic humanitarian organisations the government closed down in its campaign against terrorism.
The death toll is rising everywhere and has now surpassed 19,000. People are spending the night outdoors. Prayers have been held in all the churches for victims and survivors.
After visiting an Islamic school, Muslim activists decry how girls are educated, lacking access to TV and Internet, cut off from the outside world and in need of psychological assistance. They are being trained to remain dependent on men and for a life at the margins of society.
Two bombs placed under bicycle seats killed seven people in the first attack of its kind in Punjab province. "They are acts of terror," says Mgr Saldanha.
Pakistan's non Muslim minorities are determined to challenge the law's constitutionality before the Supreme Court.
Younis Masih was imprisoned on Sunday, accused of offending Mohammed in some traditional songs. Mgr Saldanha: these episodes stand in the way of endeavours towards inter-religious dialogue
Hundreds of thousands of faithful celebrate Mary, "Lady of the Eucharist", during Mariamabad's National Eucharistic Congress.
Munawar Ali Shahid reacts to the recent arrest of a Hindu couple in North Western Frontier Province, who were accused of desecrating the Koran.
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