Our Lady of Arabia - The Cathedral of Baréin
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia, in Awali (Barein), is the largest Catholic church on the Arabian peninsula: 2,300 squares on a land of 9,000 square meters donated by King Hamad in 2013. It was consecrated on December 10, 2021 by Cardinal Tagle and is dedicated to the patron of the Apostolic Vicariate of North Arabia.
🌹 Wonders and anecdotes
- The image of Our Lady of Arabia shows the Virgin crowned with the Child on the right arm and the rosary on the left hand.
- Its first stone comes from the Holy Gate of the Basilica of St. Peter.
- Pope Francis visited her on November 4, 2022, during the first papal visit to Baréin.
- The first modern Catholic church in the Gulf is also in Barein: the Sacred Heart of Manama (1939), declared a sanctuary of the Vicariate in November 2025.
Our Lady of Arabia
In the small island kingdom of Baréin, the Virgin has the largest Catholic house in the Gulf: Our Lady of Arabia welcomes the hundreds of thousands of Christian workers in the region, with the rosary in hand as a sign of her patronage.
"Our Lady of Arabia, patron of the Gulf, pray for us.
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