Pope Francis

By PHILIP PULLELLA, Reuters Published November 6, 2022 5:54pm MANAMA, Bahrain — 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…

"Let us seek to be guardians and builders of unity", Pope Francis said at Bahrain's Sacred Heart Church - Copyright JIJI Press/AFP STR Clement Melki and Layal Abou Rahal Pope Francis said Sunday he was praying for “suffering peoples of the Middle East”, at the end of a Bahrain visit…

Pope Francis is shifting gears in his visit to Bahrain to minister to the Gulf’s Catholic community...Read More

Pope holds open-air mass for 30,000 in Bahrain RIFFA, Bahrain — About 30,000 flag-waving worshippers joined an open-air mass held by Pope Francis in mainly Muslim Bahrain on Saturday, the highlight of his outreach mission to the Gulf. Worshippers attend a mass held by Pope Francis at Bahrain National Stadium…

Already have Rappler+? to listen to groundbreaking journalism. Pope Francis greets people as he attends a holy mass at Bahrain National Stadium during his apostolic journey, in Riffa, Bahrain, November 5, 2022. Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters (1st UPDATE) The crowd of about 30,000 people that filled Bahrain's National Stadium was the…

About 30,000 flag-waving worshippers joined an open-air mass held by Pope Francis in mainly Muslim Bahrain on Saturday, the highlight of his outreach mission to the Gulf. Some of the congregation had tears in their eyes as they waited to see the 85-year-old at Bahrain National Stadium, the kingdom’s biggest…

Pope Francis is bringing his message of dialogue with the Muslim world to the kingdom of Bahrain...Read More

Updated 1 month ago · Published on 1 Nov 2022 7:00PM · Pope Francis is set to meet Bahrain's grand imam Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb at Sakhir Palace on Friday. – EPA pic, November 1, 2022. POPE Francis will become the first pontiff in history to visit Bahrain, in a trip…

Pope Francis, who has often said people should limit their use of cellphones and give preference to personal communication, granted a private audience on Monday to Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook. Cook, head of the $2.4 trillion company whose iPhone has revolutionised personal communication, was on the pope's daily audience…

VATICAN CITY, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Pope Francis, who has often said people should limit their use of cellphones and give preference to personal communication, granted a private audience on Monday to Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook. Cook, head of the $2.4 trillion company whose iPhone has revolutionised personal communication,…