Christian Voice (Karachi) Explained

The Christian Voice
Type:Weekly newspaper
Owner:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Karachi
Founder:Fr. D'Arcy D'Souza
Editor:Denzil D'Souza
Foundation:1950
Language:English
Headquarters:Karachi
Publishing City:Karachi
Publishing Country:Pakistan
Sister Newspapers:Agahi

The Christian Voice, Karachi is an English-language weekly newspaper of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Karachi, Pakistan.[1]

History

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 1959 under the editorship of Fr. Francis Kotwani OFM, The Christian Voice became a weekly.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7]

In 2006, the archdiocese launched a new weekly Urdu-language paper, Agahi, which is in the style and format of The Christian Voice.[8]

The Christian Voice has a modest overseas subscription.[9]

In 2018 the editor is Mr. Denzil D'Souza.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: AsiaNews.it 21 October2006 .
  2. Web site: Three Day Communications Seminar . https://archive.today/20121210144216/http://www.signis.net/IMG/pdf/Signis-Media2007-4.pdf . dead . 2012-12-10 .
  3. Web site: Churches Should Use Media To Press Their Concern. 2011-09-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20171107165021/https://www.ucanews.com/1988/03/09/ucan-commentary-churches-should-use-media-to-press-their-concern/?key=pakistan+tv+television. 2017-11-07. dead.
  4. Ali, G. and Ali, M. St. Patrick's: A journey of 175 years. Archdiocese of Karachi, 2018.
  5. 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.
  6. Web site: On the Plight of Catholics in Pakistan. https://archive.today/20130222214641/http://www.yourcatholicvoice.net/insight.php?article=2401. dead. 2013-02-22.
  7. Church mourns loss of modern Moses, Fr. Theo, The Christian Voice, Vol. LVI, No. 41, Karachi, October 19, 2008.
  8. Web site: UCANews.com October 2, 2006 .
  9. Web site: Pakistan Press Foundation Accessed 18 January 2017. Pakistani Press Foundation. 2017-01-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118053718/http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/2006/11/karachi-archdiocese-to-launch-urdu-weekly/. 2017-01-18. dead.