The friars are members of the Order of Preachers, AKA "The Dominicans" and we are members of the Eastern Dominican Province. There are many… » More
Two Dominican priests from Pakistan were in Rome recently to report on the terrible suffering of the Christian community in their native land. Below is the Zenit article that covers their stirring witness.
Click here for the previously reported statements of Fr. James Channan, O.P., the superior of the Pakastani vice-province, who also laments… » More
Father John Channan, O.P., Vice Provincial of the Vice Province of the Son of Mary in Pakistan, joined Christians blocking railway tracks near the town of Gojra with the coffins of seven Catholics--all members of the same family--who, along with one other victim, died as a mob of up to 20,000 Muslims rampaged through the eastern Pakistani town on… » More
As Pakistani troops battle Islamic extremists, and some three million people are uprooted from their homes facing rapidly deteriorating conditions, the mission of Father James Channan, O.P., is put in sharp relief. He tends to a flock that is part of a Catholic community accounting for just 1 percent of a population of 170 million (Protestants make… » More