Pope Benedict XVI has called for the release of a 37-year-old Christian woman who faces the death penalty in Pakistan after being convicted on charges of blasphemy.
At the weekly general audience in St Peter’s Square, the Pope said: “I express my spiritual closeness to Asia Bibi and her family and ask that she soon regain her full liberty.”
Mrs Bibi was convicted on Sunday by a Pakistani court for an alleged offence to the Islamic prophet Mohammed, news reports said.
The Pope said: “The international community is following the difficult situation of Christians in Pakistan with great concern.”
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