Pope to visit Bahrain

Thursday, September 29th, 2022

Pope Francis will visit predominantly Muslim Bahrain from November 3-6 to attend an international conference.

The Vatican said the pope would visit the Gulf island country off the Arabian peninsula to take part in the Bahrain Forum for Dialogue: East and West for Human Coexistence.

In 2019, Francis visited Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, the first pontiff to visit the Arabian peninsula and say a Mass there.

Bahrain is about 70% Muslim.

The announcement gave no details of the programme. Continue reading

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