Pope wraps up Bahrain trip with visit to Gulf’s oldest church
Manama, Bahrain Reuters Pope Francis wound up his trip to Bahrain on Sunday by visiting the oldest Catholic church in the Gulf, telling bishops, priests and nuns to remain united as they ministered to the faithful in the majority Muslim area. The last event of his four-day trip took place at Sacred Heart church, built […]
Pope, in Bahrain, condemns rearmament pushing world to “the brink”
Awali, Bahrain Reuters Pope Francis on Friday appealed to religious leaders to help bring the world back from “the brink of a delicate precipice” and oppose a new race to rearm that he said was redesigning Cold War-era spheres of influence. Francis spoke on his first full day in Bahrain as he closed a forum […]
In Bahrain, Pope speaks out against death penalty and discrimination
Sakhir, Bahrain Reuters Pope Francis spoke against the death penalty on Thursday at the start of a trip to Bahrain where the Shi’ite Muslim opposition accuse the Sunni monarchy of overseeing human rights abuses and families of death row inmates had sought help from the pontiff. The visit, only the second by a Pope to […]
In Bahrain, Pope’s message may get caught in Shi’ite-Sunni Muslim divide
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis leaves on Thursday for Bahrain, a trip aimed at improving ties with the Islamic world but which could thrust him into a human rights conflict between the Sunni-led monarchy and its Shi’ite Muslim opposition. It is only the second visit by a pope to the Arabian Peninsula, following his 2019 visit […]
Bahrain becomes latest Arab nation to recognise Israel
Washington DC, USAP Bahrain on Friday agreed to normalise relations with Israel, becoming the latest Arab nation to do so as part of a broader diplomatic push by President Donald Trump and his administration to further ease the Jewish state’s relative isolation in the Middle East and find common ground with nations that share US […]
New cathedral in Bahrain to be Catholic headquarters for northern Persian Gulf
World Watch Monitor A new cathedral being built in Bahrain will serve as the ‘seat of government’ of the Catholic Church for the northern Persian Gulf, reports AsiaNews. The Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia, patron saint of the Arabian Peninsula, to hold 2,000 people, is some 20 kilometres outside the capital Manama, on land given […]
Bahraini king positions as promoter of interfaith tolerance
World Watch Monitor Prince Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa (left) and Rabbi Marvin Hier of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre with interfaith leaders during the signing of the declaration The King of Bahrain has sought to promote his country as a global champion of religious tolerance with a declaration that advocates freedom of religion for all […]