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Pope Francis thrills small Gulf Catholic community with big Mass

Pope Francis said Mass for thousands of Catholics in Bahrain on Saturday, thrilling members of the small foreign Catholic community from around the Gulf and urging them to show kindness to their hosts, even if they feel sometimes badly treated.

Reuters

Pope holds open-air mass for 30,000 worshippers in Bahrain

Manama (AFP) - About 30,000 flag-waving worshippers joined an open-air mass held by Pope Francis in mainly Muslim Bahrain on Saturday, the highlight of his outreach mission to the Gulf.

AFP

Thousands pack Bahrain national stadium for pope's main Mass

Thousands of Christians from around the Gulf have packed Bahrain’s sports stadium for Pope Francis’ big Mass

The Independent UK

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Corpus Christi sold its water to Exxon, gambling on desalination. So far, it is losing the bet.

Concerns over ecological damage to Corpus Christi Bay have delayed plans to convert sea water to drinking water for years in this booming Gulf Coast city, where environmentalists see water supply as a “chokehold” to block new fossil fuel infrastructure.

The Texas Tribune

Pope to meet Sunni authority on Bahrain 'dialogue' trip

Manama (AFP) - Pope Francis will meet Sunni Islam's leading authority on Friday during a visit to Bahrain aimed at increasing dialogue but marked by accusations of rights abuses in the Gulf state.

AFP

Pope Francis arrives in Bahrain on first trip to the Gulf nation

Pope calls for an end to rights violations during trip to Bahrain, which has been criticised for alleged rights abuses.

Al Jazeera

Bahraini death row prisoner pleads with pope to aid his release

Exclusive: Mohammed Ramadhan, who alleges he was tortured into confessing to deadly bombing, urges pontiff to act on visit to Gulf state

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Pope visits Bahrain for interfaith talks with rights in spotlight

Fiumicino (Italy) (AFP) - Pope Francis, leader of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics, departed Thursday for the Gulf state of Bahrain to foster ties with Islam in a trip overshadowed by criticism of human rights abuses.

AFP

Analysis-Arabs view revived Netanyahu with concern but as balance against Iran

Benjamin Netanyahu's likely return to power will fuel concern about deepening tensions with Arab neighbours, but Gulf states which forged ties with Israel under his leadership will see him as a regional balance against Iranian power.

Reuters

Russia says Western media trying to stir Gulf tensions

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told his Iranian counterpart on Wednesday that Western media had launched a campaign that could trigger escalation in the Gulf, his ministry said.

Reuters

Pope visit a dream come true for woman whose father helped build Bahrain church

When Pope Francis visits Bahrain this week, it will be a dream come true for many Christians in the Gulf Arab country, but especially for Najla Uchi, whose father helped build the first Roman Catholic church in the island state.

Reuters

‘Just hell’: New book shines light on migrant deaths ahead of Qatar World Cup

Less than three weeks before the tournament kicks off, the Qatar World Cup remains shrouded in controversy – largely due to the deaths of migrants constructing the stadiums under dreadful conditions. FRANCE 24 spoke to the co-author of a new book detailing their plight.

France 24

From a few Catholics to a multitude: Pope to visit Bahrain

Manama (AFP) - Before Bahrain established the Gulf's first church in the 1930s, priests would visit from Iraq to perform services for a small Catholic community.

AFP

IMF: Diversified Gulf Economy Improves Financial Balance

Gulf Arab oil exporters are expected, on average, to put away about 33 percent of their oil revenues over 2022-26, which will lead to an overall improvement in the financial balance, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF said in its latest report that higher oil and gas…

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Francis' first visit to Bahrain to cement ties with Islam

Vatican City (AFP) - Pope Francis will become the first pontiff in history to visit Bahrain, in a trip this week that is hoped will cement ties with Islam but is also marked by accusations of human rights abuses in the Gulf state.

Reuters

Pope urged to talk of human rights, political prisoners, in Bahrain visit

Families of death row inmates in Bahrain appealed to Pope Francis on Monday to speak out against capital punishment and defend political prisoners during his trip to the Gulf state this week.

Tribune News Service

Biggest myths about traveling to the Middle East

I’ve been living in Oman for close to a decade as an English lecturer by day and a travel writer by night. I’ve had the opportunity to travel extensively throughout the Gulf nations during this time and can appreciate not only the beauty and culture while venturing to places such…

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Iran’s Guards Seize Vessel in Gulf Allegedly Carrying 11 Million Liters of Smuggled Fuel

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seized a foreign vessel, saying it was carrying 11 million liters of smuggled fuel in the Gulf on Monday, according to the Student News Network’s Telegram channel. The captain and crew of the foreign oil tanker are in custody to complete the investigation process and legal proceedings.…

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Iran's Guards seize vessel carrying 11 million litres of smuggled fuel in Gulf - SNN

Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized a foreign vessel carrying 11 million litres of smuggled fuel in the Gulf on Monday, according to the Student News Network's Telegram channel.

360info

How the Gulf oil and gas states will play their hand at COP27

Gulf oil and gas producing nations will badge themselves as climate leaders at COP27. It’s not as far-fetched as it sounds.

France 24

‘Greenwashing’ mars Qatar’s carbon-neutral World Cup promise

When Qatar was awarded hosting duties for the biggest event in football, the Gulf nation promised to host "the first carbon neutral World Cup". While organisers have introduced several green initiatives, environmentalists accuse the event's governing body of "greenwashing" its environmental claims.

Al Jazeera

GCC condemns German minister’s remarks on Qatar World Cup 2022

The six-member Gulf bloc says it backs Doha in ‘addressing any interference in its internal affairs’.

AFP

ConocoPhillips takes major new chunk of Qatar gas expansion

Doha (AFP) - US oil giant ConocoPhillips on Sunday agreed to take another major stake in Qatar's expansion of natural gas production, the Gulf state's energy minister said.

The Independent UK

Qatar summons German envoy over World Cup rights criticism

Qatar has summoned the German ambassador over remarks by Germany’s interior minister, who appeared to criticize the decision to award the World Cup to the Gulf Arab nation because of its human rights record

AFP

'No plans' for Prince William to go to Qatar World Cup: source

London (AFP) - There are no plans for Prince William to go to Qatar to watch the World Cup next month, a source said Friday, as the Gulf state faces intense scrutiny of its rights record.

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