Lahore, Pakistan, May 26, 2012 / 15:02 pm
Pakistani Bishop Sebastian F. Shaw is calling for the return of Church land that was seized after the provincial government bulldozed a school, chapel and homeless shelter on the site this past January.
Months later, the Punjab provincial government has yet to restore the land to the Archdiocese of Lahore, despite recent promises to do so.
“It looks like empty promises,” Bishop Shaw told Aid to the Church in Need on May 25.
“Even after a meeting with a government official who assured us of an immediate return, nothing happened,” he said.