Bienvenido sea usted al Bahréin la tierra de la fe, la tierra de los hijos de Abdul Qais, hemos estado colmados del mensaje de Cristo desde el siglo III d.c, y tal vez antes de eso, esta fe y amor por Cristo y su madre están en el tejido de nuestra formación.

The country's majority Shiite opposition and human rights activists in Bahrain called on Pope Francis to raise human rights concerns in his first-ever papal trip to Bahrain this week.

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.

Detained figures in Bahrain expressed their hope that "His Holiness the Pope will speak the word of truth that responds to the call of faith and instinct," noting that the Bahraini people have been subjected to violations documented in international reports.

Bahrain's Parliamentary elections will take place only 6 days after His Holiness Pope Francis leaves the country. The ruling family wants to present itself as running a country crowded with dialogues on human tolerance and democracy.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society expressed its hope that His Holiness the Pope undertakes a humanitarian initiative and adopts a call for serious dialogue between the regime and the people, noting that the country lacks true tolerance.

Today, 550 Bahraini families live abroad and among their members are victims, whose nationalities have been stripped from them. You can imagine the magnitude and impact of this number when you know that the population of our country is 700,000, a number that is almost close to the population of the State of the Vatican City, which amounts to 800,000.

Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim urged participants of a conference on coexistence organized by the Government of Bahrain not to believe "the claim of tolerance or true peace."

His Holiness, Pope Francis, is visiting Bahrain to participate in a dialogue on human coexistence. The title itself is fascinating, but behind it there is absolute lack of faith in dialogue.

Head of the Melkite Greek Catholic Monastery in Ramallah, Father Abdullah Julio, said that, his Holiness, Pope Francis, may not be fully aware of the existing crisis in Bahrain, and hoped that "no government ignores a group of its people."

En nuestra educación en la que crecimos, es recibir al invitado respetarlo y celebrarlo, discúlpenoslo lo estaremos recibiendo, porque estamos en las prisiones, de la opinión política opositora, somos habitantes de esta pequeña y tranquila isla.

One of our customs that we grew up adhering to is welcoming, honoring, and celebrating guests, but we would like you to excuse our absence. We will not be able to be among those welcoming you since we are behind bars in the prisons of opposing political opinion.