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Pope holds open-air mass for 30,000 in Bahrain
Pope holds open-air mass for 30,000 in Bahrain
World
by  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. The pope, who has made outreach to Islam a pillar of his papacy, is on his second visit to the resource-rich Gulf, the cradle of Islam.

Pope holds open-air mass for 30,000 worshippers in Bahrain
Pope holds open-air mass for 30,000 worshippers in Bahrain
World
by  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. The pope is on his second visit to the resource-rich Gulf -- the cradle of Islam -- after his 2019 trip to the United Arab Emirates, where he held a mass for 170,000.

'Never again': Ukraine bolsters defences by Belarus-Russia border
'Never again': Ukraine bolsters defences by Belarus-Russia border
World
by  AFP

Crouching in his hidden lookout on the edge of a forest, a Ukrainian border guard scans the horizon to the border with Russia and Belarus just a few kilometres to the north. A three-way crossing shaped like a 'Y', it points northwest into Belarus and northeast into Russia with Ukraine to the south.