Date of source: Thursday, May 25, 2023
The Joint Committee on Interreligious Dialogue between the Muslim Council of Elders and the Vatican’s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue held its first meeting in the Kingdom of Baḥrain on Wednesday (May 24, 2023) to discuss ways of unifying joint efforts based on the role of religious leaders...
Date of source: Friday, November 4, 2022
In his sermon at a Catholic Mass held at the Bahrain National Stadium, Pope Francis called for promoting the concept of human brotherhood. On Saturday (November 5, 2022), nearly thirty thousand people gathered at the Bahrain National Stadium, who waited since the early morning hours to participate...
Date of source: Monday, October 31, 2022
Bahrain is preparing to hold the Bahrain Forum for Dialogue on the subject of “East and West for Human Coexistence” on November 3rd and 4th, 2022, under the patronage of the King of Bahrain, Ḥamad bin ʿĪsa Āl Khalīfa, and with the participation of the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib,...
Date of source: Friday, November 4, 2022
During his second historic visit to the Gulf region, and the first to Bahrain, the Pope held several high-level meetings with various state and religious leaders, in an effort to promote human rights, including religious freedom, as well as interreligious understanding and peace.
Date of source: Friday, November 4, 2022
From the heart of the Bahraini capital, Manama, which has witnessed the Pope’s historic visit, and in a gesture to renounce sectarian conflict, Imam Aḥmed Al-Ṭayyeb, Sheikh of Al-Azhar, shared an invitation to Islamic scholars all over the world, regardless of their affiliation, to dialogue: “As I...
Date of source: Friday, November 4, 2022
On Thursday (November 3, 2022) in Manama, the capital of Bahrain, the first day of the Bahrain Forum for Dialogue was held under the title "East and West for Human Coexistence,” with participation from a number of senior religious leaders from around the world.
Date of source: Friday, November 4, 2022
Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, Sheikh of Al-Azhar and Chairman of the Council of Muslim Elders, continued on Friday, November 4th, his three-day visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain, where the second day of the visit witnessed a number of important meetings.
Date of source: Thursday, October 20, 2022
The Vatican and Bahraini authorities are expecting about 28,000 people to participate in the public mass, which will be presided over by Pope Francis, on the morning of Saturday November 4, 2022. The mass is part of the historic Papal visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain, from the 3rd to the 6th of...
Date of source: Thursday, October 13, 2022
Bahrain is preparing to welcome Pope Francis I in the coming November in his second visit to the Gulf after signing the Document of Human Fraternity in the USA in 2019, where Pope Francis met the Shaykh al-Azhar and the Council of Muslim Elders. Bahrain is known for its efforts in religious...
Date of source: Thursday, December 9, 2021
Euronews published a report on how al-Baḥrayn is set to consecrate the Gulf region's largest Catholic cathedral "Our Lady of Arabia".