In doing so, he will become the first pope to visit Bahrain. Francis' landmark visit to Abu Dhabi in 2019 made him first pope to visit the Arabian Peninsula. On the sidelines of the conference ...

Pope Francis will visit predominantly Muslim Bahrain Nov. 3-6 to attend an international conference, the Vatican announced on Wednesday. VATICAN CITY, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Pope Francis will visit ...

The family was among those who appealed to Pope Francis ahead of his visit last week to Bahrain to speak against capital punishment, which he did while stressing human rights. Ramadhan's wife ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis intends to visit the Middle Eastern country of Bahrain Nov. 3-6. The trip would make him the first pope to visit the archipelago nation ...

(Photo: CNS/courtesy Hubert Estela.) Listen ROME – When Pope Francis becomes the first pontiff to visit the Muslim-majority Gulf nation of Bahrain next month, it will mark yet another step in ...

BEIRUT — Syria’s president flew to Bahrain Saturday where he discussed mutual relations and regional affairs with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa on his latest trip abroad since taking office in ...

Human rights groups and relatives of Shiite activists on death row have urged Francis to use his visit to call for an end to the death penalty and political repression in Bahrain. But it wasn’t ...

But in the runup to his visit to Bahrain, Shiite opposition groups and human rights organizations have urged Francis to raise human rights violations against the majority Shiites by the Sunni ...

Pope Francis landed in the Kingdom of Bahrain Thursday, becoming the first pope to visit the Muslim island nation located in the Persian Gulf. On the flight from Rome Nov. 3, the pope told ...