Pope Francis's three-day trip to the United Arab Emirates Sunday marks the first time a pontiff has ever visited the conservative Muslim Arabian Peninsula, where over 2.6 million Catholics reside.

While the overwhelming majority of Catholics in the region are expatriates, according to the Apostolic Vicariates of southern and northern Arabia, the popes journey to the birthplace of Islam is another milestone in his efforts to boost interreligious ties.

Kuwait was the first country in the region to formalise relations with the Vatican in 1968. Yemen followed suit in 1998, Bahrain in 2000, Qatar in 2002, and the United Arab Emirates in 2007.

Saudi Arabia and Oman have yet to establish formal diplomatic relations with the Holy See.

Last year, Saudi Arabia, home to Islams holiest sites in Mecca and Medina, hosted a flurry of representatives of various Christian traditions, as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pushes for a more liberal kingdom.

In April 2018, Saudi Arabia hosted French Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, who headed the Vaticans Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. Tauran, who died in July 2018, was seen as an energetic promoter of dialogue between the Catholic Church and Islam.

And in November 2017, the head of Lebanons Maronite church, Beshara Rai, paid an official visit to Saudi Arabia where he met King Salman and Prince Mohammed.

Overall, there are more than 3.5 million Christians in the Gulf, of which about 75 percent are Catholics, mostly migrant workers from the Philippines and India.

According to the Apostolic Vicariates, there are more than one million Catholics in Saudi Arabia alone, about 350,000 in Kuwait, 80,000 in Bahrain, and between 200,000 and 300,000 in Qatar, though no official figures exist.

Nearly one million Catholics live in the UAE, according to Bishop Paul Hinder of the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia, which encompasses the UAE, Oman and Yemen.

There are 22 Catholic churches in the region, where worshippers are welcome to visit and pray.

The UAE has the largest number of Catholic churches in the region with eight. Oman, Kuwait and Yemen each have four, while Qatar and Bahrain have one each.

Mass held in churches on Friday, which marks the first day of the weekend in the region, usually sees the biggest turnout.

In the UAE, mass is held at different timings during the week and in different languages -- including English, Tagalog, Malayalam, and Urdu -- to accommodate the different nationalities.

According to the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia -- covering Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia -- Catholics "enjoy freedom of worship within the confines of our parish compounds".

Although in Saudi Arabia, all non-Muslim houses of prayer are banned.

The Apostolic Vicariate added that Catholics face some difficulties by the "restriction on the number of priests, too few churches and limited space in the churches", especially during Christmas and Easter when mass attendance can reach up to 25,000.

"It is also forbidden (under threat of punishment) to engage in any public activity or display of religion, including proselytising (the act of attempting to convert people to Christianity)," says the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia.

While a majority of Christians in the region are migrant workers, there are a small number of local Christians in Kuwait, Bahrain and Yemen.

According to Father Emmanuel Benjamin Jacob Gharib, head of the National Evangelical Church of Kuwait, there are about 260 Kuwaiti Christians from eight extended families.

Unofficial estimates show there are 1,000 Christian Bahraini citizens and thousands of Christian Yemenis.




Source: http://funnycor.com/detail?newsId=1941418

Good Diblomareligious propaganda
They keep fooling themselves because of the peanuts they will get from atiku because I don't know what a nornal human being is looking for from atiku and his fellow thieves supported by one stupid old fool in ota.

Meanwhile; here is what he has to say about Nigeria election
Good morning Nigerians, those who think Atiku will ever become Nigeria’s President are still dreaming so they'll take their good morning after FeBuhari 16th, 2019.

In the name of the Father, the Son and of the Holy Spirit, may the peace of the Lord be on us and the world. Amen.

With our prayers & the miraculous work of God the Catholic/ Christian numbers will increase & the Good Lord in touch the heart of the leaders of those Arabian countries to allow for the increase of more parishes.

StupidInyamiri:
Good Diblomareligious propaganda
They keep fooling themselves because of the peanuts they will get from atiku because I don't know what a nornal human being is looking for from atiku and his fellow thieves supported by one stupid old fool in ota.

Meanwhile; here is what he has to say about Nigeria election
Good morning Nigerians, those who think Atiku will ever become Nigeria’s President are still dreaming so they'll take their good morning after FeBuhari 16th, 2019.

You need a new brain

Good Diblomareligious propaganda
They keep fooling themselves because of the peanuts they will get from atiku because I don't know what a nornal human being is looking for from atiku and his fellow thieves supported by one stupid old fool in ota.

Meanwhile; here is what he has to say about Nigeria election
Good morning Nigerians, those who think Atiku will ever become Nigeria’s President are still dreaming so they'll take their good morning after FeBuhari 16th, 2019.

Say no to weed

Historical

Nice development...

God bless the Pope.

Proud to be a catholic

Comment reader association of Nigeria CRAN where are thou .

papa haters be cleansed !

Nice one.

He is starting to look like Pope John Paul II

Good one Pope Francis for visiting Islamabad

Good one

God bless the Pope, the great the good!

May God protect him in his apostolic visitation.

Click like for Papa Francesco

My idol

7 Things Our Nigerian Pastors Can Learn from Pope Francis

StupidInyamiri:
Good Diblomareligious propaganda
They keep fooling themselves because of the peanuts they will get from atiku because I don't know what a nornal human being is looking for from atiku and his fellow thieves supported by one stupid old fool in ota.

Meanwhile; here is what he has to say about Nigeria election
Good morning Nigerians, those who think Atiku will ever become Nigeria’s President are still dreaming so they'll take their good morning after FeBuhari 16th, 2019.

Some people think a lot on the coming election that most of them are going insane.

Pope you are God's sent

Seriously speaking, what's seun doing about all these ads littering the whole place

dingbang:
Pope Francis's three-day trip to the United Arab Emirates Sunday marks the first time a pontiff has ever visited the conservative Muslim Arabian Peninsula, where over 2.6 million Catholics reside.

While the overwhelming majority of Catholics in the region are expatriates, according to the Apostolic Vicariates of southern and northern Arabia, the popes journey to the birthplace of Islam is another milestone in his efforts to boost interreligious ties.

Kuwait was the first country in the region to formalise relations with the Vatican in 1968. Yemen followed suit in 1998, Bahrain in 2000, Qatar in 2002, and the United Arab Emirates in 2007.

Saudi Arabia and Oman have yet to establish formal diplomatic relations with the Holy See.

Last year, Saudi Arabia, home to Islams holiest sites in Mecca and Medina, hosted a flurry of representatives of various Christian traditions, as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pushes for a more liberal kingdom.

In April 2018, Saudi Arabia hosted French Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, who headed the Vaticans Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. Tauran, who died in July 2018, was seen as an energetic promoter of dialogue between the Catholic Church and Islam.

And in November 2017, the head of Lebanons Maronite church, Beshara Rai, paid an official visit to Saudi Arabia where he met King Salman and Prince Mohammed.

Overall, there are more than 3.5 million Christians in the Gulf, of which about 75 percent are Catholics, mostly migrant workers from the Philippines and India.

According to the Apostolic Vicariates, there are more than one million Catholics in Saudi Arabia alone, about 350,000 in Kuwait, 80,000 in Bahrain, and between 200,000 and 300,000 in Qatar, though no official figures exist.

Nearly one million Catholics live in the UAE, according to Bishop Paul Hinder of the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia, which encompasses the UAE, Oman and Yemen.

There are 22 Catholic churches in the region, where worshippers are welcome to visit and pray.

The UAE has the largest number of Catholic churches in the region with eight. Oman, Kuwait and Yemen each have four, while Qatar and Bahrain have one each.

Mass held in churches on Friday, which marks the first day of the weekend in the region, usually sees the biggest turnout.

In the UAE, mass is held at different timings during the week and in different languages -- including English, Tagalog, Malayalam, and Urdu -- to accommodate the different nationalities.

According to the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia -- covering Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia -- Catholics "enjoy freedom of worship within the confines of our parish compounds".

Although in Saudi Arabia, all non-Muslim houses of prayer are banned.

The Apostolic Vicariate added that Catholics face some difficulties by the "restriction on the number of priests, too few churches and limited space in the churches", especially during Christmas and Easter when mass attendance can reach up to 25,000.

"It is also forbidden (under threat of punishment) to engage in any public activity or display of religion, including proselytising (the act of attempting to convert people to Christianity)," says the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia.

While a majority of Christians in the region are migrant workers, there are a small number of local Christians in Kuwait, Bahrain and Yemen.

According to Father Emmanuel Benjamin Jacob Gharib, head of the National Evangelical Church of Kuwait, there are about 260 Kuwaiti Christians from eight extended families.

Unofficial estimates show there are 1,000 Christian Bahraini citizens and thousands of Christian Yemenis.




Source: http://funnycor.com/detail?newsId=1941418

demonic Mary fellowers! Worshipping status of mother Mary thinking you are worshipping God!

What is the different between Catholic and idol worshipping?


No one comes through the father except through me (Lord Jesus Christ)

But Catholic comet through mother Mary status. And worshipping Jesus status as form of projection!



The Truth shall set you free

Who him epp

Waiting for when the pope will come to Nigeria

StupidInyamiri:
Good Diblomareligious propaganda
They keep fooling themselves because of the peanuts they will get from atiku because I don't know what a nornal human being is looking for from atiku and his fellow thieves supported by one stupid old fool in ota.

Meanwhile; here is what he has to say about Nigeria election
Good morning Nigerians, those who think Atiku will ever become Nigeria’s President are still dreaming so they'll take their good morning after FeBuhari 16th, 2019.

Bros, if you continue like this, I'm afraid redemption may never find you.

Meanwhile some demonic dimwits in poverty-killed geographic confinements like Pakistan, Nigeria, Syria, Bangladesh, etc are killing themselves over Buddha, Jesus, Allah, Shiva, etc. . . . . . .
oh, how i stick to my worship of food, money, cars and every 'evil' neccessity.
and the lord said: QUOTE NOT MY ANNOINTED

StupidInyamiri:
Good Diblomareligious propaganda
They keep fooling themselves because of the peanuts they will get from atiku because I don't know what a nornal human being is looking for from atiku and his fellow thieves supported by one stupid old fool in ota.

Meanwhile; here is what he has to say about Nigeria election
Good morning Nigerians, those who think Atiku will ever become Nigeria’s President are still dreaming so they'll take their good morning after FeBuhari 16th, 2019.

I won't even belittle myself by calling you bro.... Guy or who ever the heck is behind your moniker, your hatred already has its toll on you. You are no longer coherent.