Bishop: Ceasefire spared India and Pakistan ‘very dangerous war’

Catholics on both sides of the border prayed strenously for peace.

A bishop said Sunday that a U.S.-brokered ceasefire has saved India and Pakistan from a “very dangerous war.”

Baisaran Valley, near Pahalgam, in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, the site of an April 22, 2025, terrorist attack. Hellohappy via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Bishop Samson Shukardin, the president of Pakistan’s bishops’ conference, told UCA …