VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Wednesday met the husband and daughter of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman sentenced to death over blasphemy charges, the Vatican said.

“I pray for Asia, for you and for all Christians who are suffering,” Francis told Bibi’s husband Ashiq Masiq and their 15-year-old daughter, according to the Vatican Insider website.

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