MANAMA, Bahrain (Reuters) -Pope Francis departed from Bahrain on Sunday after a four-day trip that culminated with a visit to the Gulf's oldest Catholic church, where he told bishops, priests and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...