{"id":109905,"date":"2022-11-04T11:36:30","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T08:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/?p=109905"},"modified":"2022-11-04T11:37:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T08:37:53","slug":"pope-francis-arrives-in-bahrain-on-first-trip-to-the-gulf-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/pope-francis-arrives-in-bahrain-on-first-trip-to-the-gulf-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis arrives in Bahrain on first trip to the Gulf nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Pope Francis calls for an end to rights violations during a four-day trip to Bahrain, which has been criticised for alleged rights abuses.<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Pope Francis has arrived in Bahrain on his first trip to the Gulf nation, calling for an end to discrimination and human rights violations.<\/p>\n<p>It is vital that \u201cfundamental human rights are not violated but promoted\u201d, the pope said on Thursday at the Sakhir royal palace following his arrival in the Gulf Arab state, where the Shia Muslim opposition and rights groups accuse the Sunni monarchy of overseeing human rights abuses, a charge authorities deny.<\/p>\n<p>Religious freedom should be \u201ccomplete and not limited to freedom of worship\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The pope was welcomed by Bahrain\u2019s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.<\/p>\n<p>The visit is Pope Francis\u2019s second to a Gulf Arab country, following his 2019 landmark trip to Abu Dhabi, where he signed a document promoting Catholic-Muslim fraternity with a leading Sunni cleric, Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb. Al-Tayeb is the grand imam of Al-Azhar, the seat of Sunni learning in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.<\/p>\n<p>The pontiff will meet again this week in Bahrain with al-Tayeb, as well as other prominent interfaith figures.<\/p>\n<p>The trip will also allow the pope to minister to Bahrain\u2019s Catholic community, which numbers around 80,000 in a country of around 1.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>Most are workers hailing from the Philippines and India, though trip organisers expect pilgrims from Saudi Arabia and other neighbouring countries will attend the pope\u2019s big Mass at the national stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>After arriving in Bahrain, the 85-year-old pontiff said, \u201cLet us guarantee that working conditions everywhere are safe and dignified.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bahrain is home to the Gulf\u2019s first Catholic Church, the Sacred Heart parish, which opened in 1939, as well as its biggest one, Our Lady of Arabia Cathedral.<\/p>\n<p>The pope will visit both churches during his visit and is likely to thank the king for the tolerance the government has long shown Christians living in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Journalists on the papal plane from Rome reported that the Argentine pontiff did not talk to the press during the flight as normal because of a knee problem.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Source: Al Jazeera<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis calls for an end to rights violations during a four-day trip to Bahrain, which has been criticised for alleged rights abuses. 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