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Archbishop's flock is part of fabric of Pakistani life
Pakistani Christians protest in March 2015 in the aftermath of two suicide attacks that targeted two churches in Lahore. (CNS/EPA/Rahat Dar)
BROOKLYN, N.Y. Coming amid a cycle of terrorist attacks in Europe, the Easter Sunday 2016 bombing against Christians and others celebrating the holy day in Lahore, Pakistan, made little media impact in the United States.
But Sebastian Francis Shaw, the Catholic archbishop of Lahore, remembers the horrors of that day. More than 70 were killed and 340 wounded in an act intended to destroy a festive Christian event in a public park.
He was home at the time of the incident, arriving the next day at a hospital caring for victims. A security officer gave him a list of Christians who were recovering. The archbishop rejected it.
"I am not here for Christians. I am here for victims. They are all human beings," the archbishop told the security officer, requesting that he be allowed to see Muslims and others who were hurt in the attack.
https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/archbishops-flock-part-fabric-pakistani-life
