Pope Francis' Trip Bahrain to Shed Light on Christians in the Arabian Peninsula | EWTN News Nightly

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Pope Francis leaves on Thursday for a 3 day visit to Bahrain. EWTN Vatican Producer Alexey Gotovskiy, who will be traveling with Pope Francis, joins to share more about this papal trip. The Pope's 2 main reasons for the trip are to shed light of the Christian presence throughout the Arabian Peninsula and to bring about an appeal for peace. In Bahrain, the Catholic community is made up of about 100,000 people, which is about 15% of the total population. The Catholic population is made up of mostly migrant workers from other Asian countries, however Bahrain has about 1,000 native Catholics as well. The country is the size of New York City and serves as the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia. Bahrain is the first gulf state to allow the construction of a Catholic Church, the first in the Arabian Peninsula in modern times. EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf