Catholic Leaders in Pakistan Plead for End to Abduction, Forced Marriage of Underage Girls feedproxy.google.com
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Pakistan (CBCP) has made an unprecedented plea to the government: Stop the “abduction and forced marriages of girls among the minority communities.”
After the CBCP’s Nov. 5-6 assembly, Pakistan’s bishops condemned the kidnapping and forced marriage of underage girls in the country and highlighted the case of Arzoo Raja, 13, a Catholic girl who was abducted and forced into marriage with a Muslim man more than three times her age…
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