ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 2nd of March WELCOME! SERVANT OF GOD CLEMENT SHAHBAZ BHATTI, POLITICIAN Servant of God Clement Shahbaz Bhatti was born on September 9, 1968 to a devout Catholic family in Lahore, Pakistan. As an altar boy, he had travelled with priests who celebrated Mass in nearby villages, giving him the opportunity to witness firsthand how Christians consigned to second-class citizenship lived. Upon hearing a Good Friday sermon, at the age of 13, he found his calling as an activist for the dignity of religious minorities in Pakistan. This was during a time when Pakistan’s Islamic blasphemy laws (which were theoretically designed for the benefit of all recognised religions, but in practice benefit only one) were becoming ever stricter under the presidency of General Zia-ul Haq. As an adult, he became a politician. He was elected as a member of the National Assembly in 2008 for the Pakistan People's Party. Bhatti became t...