Young Catholics are not merely the future of the Church but its “living present,” Bishop Indrias Rehmat of Faisalabad told participants at a diocesan youth convention in Murree, urging them to put their faith into action and take an active role in Church and community life.
Caritas Faisalabad inaugurated its 10th Non-Formal Education Center on August 22, 2026, in Fazal Haq village in central Punjab, expanding access to basic education for children in an underserved rural community.
Veteran priest Fr. Bonnie Mendes of the Diocese of Faisalabad celebrated his 90th birthday on August 20, with Church leaders, religious and parishioners honoring more than six decades of his priestly ministry and service to human development and social justice.
Bishop Indrias Rehmat of Faisalabad called on children receiving their First Holy Communion to remain close to Christ and make the Eucharist the foundation of their faith journey during a celebration at Urooj-e-Mariam Parish in Chichawatni, a town in Sahiwal District of Pakistan’s Punjab province.
Members of the Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference visited the General House of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Rome on May 11, during their Ad Limina visit to the Vatican.
A ground-breaking ceremony for a new church in Baldia Town, Karachi, and the inauguration of a completed church in Faisalabad this past week marked two parallel milestones in the Church’s ongoing expansion across Pakistan.
Through its diocesan office, Caritas Pakistan distributed food bags to 100 Christian families at Depalpur, in the diocese of Faisalabad, on May 3, 2026.
On April 29, Bishop Indrias Rehmat of Faisalabad, eastern Pakistan, laid the foundation stone of St. Mary’s BSN College in Okara, the first-ever Catholic nursing college in the diocese.
The Catholic Church in Pakistan marked a significant moment on March 28 with the formal installation of Archbishop Khalid Rehmat as the new head of the Archdiocese of Lahore.
On the second anniversary of one of the worst anti-Christian attacks in Pakistan’s history, Bishop Indrias Rehmat of Faisalabad has expressed deep frustration over the lack of justice for victims of the 2023 Jaranwala violence in Punjab.
