Christian Voice, Karachi

The Christian Voice, Karachi is an English-language weekly newspaper of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Karachi, Pakistan.[1] It was founded in 1950 by Fr. D'Arcy D'Souza. This is the second oldest Catholic publication in Pakistan after the Catholic Naqib, an Urdu-language journal, founded in Lahore in 1929 and published by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore.[2] The Christian Voice is printed at the Rotti Press in Karachi.[3]

In 1970, Fr. Terence D'Souza was appointed Editor of The Christian Voice.

In 1993 the editor was Fr. Augustine Varkey, who was also vice-principal of Saint Patrick's High School, Karachi.[4]

In 2005, the editor was Robin Fernandez, founder of a Karachi-based human rights group Conscience, secretary for the press watchdog group Journalists for Human Rights and Democracy and on the editorial staff of Dawn, Pakistan's premier English-language newspaper.[5]

Choosing to remain low-tech and not have a website, The Christian Voice plays a valuable role in disseminating information among the Christian population of Pakistan including the lives and deaths of prominent people and major events around the world.[6]

In 2006, the Archdiocese launched a new weekly Urdu-language paper, Agahi, which is in the style and format of The Christian Voice.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "AsiaNews.it 21 October2006".
  2. ↑ "Three Day Communications Seminar" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "Churches Should Use Media To Press Their Concern".
  4. ↑ The Christian Voice, Karachi, July 11, 1993, with Michael Ali as the assistant editor. He served the paper in a voluntary capacity for over 26 years, beginning in 1978.
  5. ↑ "On the Plight of Catholics in Pakistan".
  6. ↑ Church mourns loss of modern Moses, Fr. Theo, The Christian Voice, Vol. LVI, No. 4l, Karachi, October 19, 2008.
  7. ↑ "UCANews.com October 2, 2006".
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