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(ANSA) – VATICAN CITY, SEPTEMBER 08 – “I have a deep desire to come visit Rome and, if possible, meet the Holy Father.” Thus Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian who, accused of blasphemy, lived ten years in a harsh prison and was later acquitted and released. In an interview with the director of the Pontifical Foundation Aid to the Church in Need, Alessandro Monteduro, the woman expresses her desire to meet the pontiff and affirms that she always prays for him “who supports us in faith.” Asia Bibi has become an international symbol of the fight for religious freedom.
The woman, who after liberation chose to leave her country and now lives with her family in Canada, calls on the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, to end the tragedy of the girl brides, mostly girls. Christians, kidnapped, forcibly converted and given in marriage to their kidnappers: “Please help our girls because none of them have to suffer!” (HANDLE).
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