[3] The Focolare Movement was introduced into Pakistan in 1968 via the Faisalabad diocese by Father Juliano Ricchiardi, an Italian priest serving at the National Catechists' Training Centre in Khushpur.

As of 2008, according to local sources, the movement in Pakistan counted 18 Focolarinas, 11 Focolarinos and about 400 other affiliated members including lay people, nuns and priests.

Focolare is a Catholic lay movement whose name means "family hearth" present in more than 180 countries and involving more than 2 million people.

[6] Pope Francis created Coutts a cardinal priest in the consistory of 28 June 2018, assigning him the titular church of San Bonaventura da Bagnoregio.

The Center accommodates twenty recovering addicts, located beside Holy Rosary Church in Faisalabad.

The center employs 15 people full- or part-time including the doctor, a physical therapist, two nurses, and clerical and maintenance staff.

Rosaries, Medals, Scapulars, Holy Oil, St. Philomena Cord and other printed material are given free of cost.

On 1 Aug. 2009, a Muslim mob raided a Christian settlement in Gojra vandalizing and looting houses and causing the deaths of eight people and injuries to many others.

Pope Benedict XVI expressed profound sorrow in 2009 at anti-Christian riots in Pakistan and appealed to everyone to renounce violence and take up again the path of peace.

Victor Gnanapragasam OMI as apostolic vicar of the new ecclesiastical circumscription and the titular bishop of Timida.