Diaolgue - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 29 Sep 2022 08:55:12 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Diaolgue - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Pope to visit Bahrain https://cathnews.co.nz/2022/09/29/pope-to-visit-bahrain/ Thu, 29 Sep 2022 06:58:54 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=152396 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 Read more

Pope to visit Bahrain... Read more]]> 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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