– Our Lady of Arabia Cathedral, Awali, Bahrain 25 October 2024 Today, we celebrate Saint Arethas and his Companions, the conclusion of the Jubilee in their honor, and most importantly, we celebrate Jesus, our Risen Lord. He has opened the Gates of Heaven, revealing to us the boundless love of God the Father and […]
The Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia welcomed with great joy the arrival of the sacred relics of St. Arethas on November 5, 2023, Read more here>>>
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Kingdom of Bahrain – Our Lady of Arabia Opening the Holy Door Jubilee Year of Saint Arethas and Companions 4th November 2023 Your Excellency Bishop Aldo Berardi, Reverend Father Ben Barrameda, Vicar General, Reverend Father Saji Thomas, Rector of the Cathedral, Reverend Fathers, Sisters. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, It is a
ST. ARETHAS JUBILEE OCTOBER 24th, 2023 PONTIFICAL MASS HOMILY Luke 9:24-26 \”Let him carry his cross every day and follow me\” Today, with this solemn Mass, we open the Extraordinary Jubilee of St. Arethas and his Companions, martyrs. This is a great joy for us and for the whole Church. It is about honoring brothers
(by Bishop Paolo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia) There are over one million Catholics in the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia Christianity in Arabia is a very ancient reality. The current reality is very different from the past. Throughout the Arabian Peninsula there are almost three million Catholics, although having the exact number, especially
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In the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia (by Bishop Aldo Berardi, Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia) The presence and testimony of Christians in the Arabian Peninsula is an interesting topic that deserves serious attention. From the perspective of external observers, and in particular the Western Church, it is often assumed that the region throughout its
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L’Osservatore Romano (by Roberto Cetera) To anyone who attends a course on the history of religions it is almost always represented, hastily and superficially, that the situation of the Arabian Peninsula before the advent of Islam was socially characterized by tribalism and, from a religious point of view, from a widespread paganism made up of
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