Pakistan is the centre of a military conflict between the Taliban and the army in the north-west, of a long trail of bloody attacks and the scene of many acts of violence against minorities, carried out in the name of the blasphemy law. This is why the children have asked, in their intentions, for peace and unity in the country. 'People are always at war,' says Mariam, 14. 'We're scared. We ask Our Lady to convince them to stop fighting.' 'It's great,' she adds 'To recite the rosary at home in the evening. We sit and pray with our parents'.