Catholic father murdered while on pilgrimage to Marian shrine in Pakistan

Marian shrine in Mariamabad, Pakistan. / Credit: Agenzia Fides, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 16, 2025 / 17:42 pm (CNA). Men on motorcycles murdered a father and injured a 16-year-old boy while they were taking part in a pilgrimage to the national Marian shrine of the Virgin Mary in Mariamabad in Pakistan, an incident that has shocked Christians in the Muslim-majority country.According to the Vatican news agency Fides on Sept. 12, Afzal Masih, a married…