Photos and texts of the pope’s discourses in his visit to Bahrain and the Forum for Dialogue, East and West for human Co-existence

1. POPE FRANCIS IN BAHRAIN

3. POPE FRANCIS IN BAHRAIN
Thursday, 3 November 2022
ROME – AWALI
9:30 Departure by airplane from Rome/Fiumicino International Airport to Awali
Greeting to journalists on the flight to Awali
16:45 Arrival at Sakhir Air Base in Awali
16:45 Official Welcome
17:30 Courtesy visit to His Majesty the King of Bahrain at Sakhir Royal Palace
18:10 Welcome Ceremony in the courtyard of Sakhir Royal Palace
18:30 Meeting with the Authorities, Civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps
Friday, 4 November 2022
AWALI
10:00 Closing of the "Bahrain Forum for Dialogue: East and West for Human Coexistence" at Al-Fida' Square of
Sakhir Royal Palace
16:00 Private meeting with the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar in the Papal Residence within the grounds of Sakhir
Royal Palace
16:30 Meeting with the Members of the Muslim Council of Elders at the Mosque of Sakhir Royal Palace
17:45 Ecumenical meeting and Prayer For Peace in Our Lady of Arabia Cathedral
Saturday 5, November 2022
AWALI
8:30 Holy Mass at Bahrain National Stadium
17:00 Meeting with the Youth in Sacred Heart School
Sunday, 6 November 2022
AWALI – MANAMA – AWALI – ROME
9:30 Prayer Meeting and Angelus with Bishops, Priests, Consecrated Persons, Seminarians and Pastoral
Workers in Sacred Heart Church in Manama
12:30 Farewell Ceremony at Sakhir Air Base in Awali
13:00 Departure by airplane from Sakhir Air Base to Rome
17:00 Arrival at Rome/Fiumicino International Airport

7. Arrival at Sakhir Air Base in Awali

10. Courtesy visit to His Majesty the King of Bahrain at Sakhir Royal Palace

11. Welcome Ceremony in the courtyard of Sakhir Royal Palace

12. Meeting with the Authorities,
Civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps

13. “one outstanding “emblem of vitality” in this country,
which is the “Tree of Life” (Shajarat-al-Hayat).

14. “The ancient kingdom of
Dilmun was thus called
“the land of the living”.
As we ascend from those
vast roots – which spread
over more than 4,500 years
of uninterrupted human
presence – we see how
Bahrain’s geographical
position, the talents and
commercial abilities of its
people, together with
historical events, have
enabled it to take shape
as a crossroads of mutual
enrichment between peoples”

15. “The country’s greatest riches shine forth in its ethnic
and cultural diversity, and in the peaceful co-existence
and the traditional hospitality of its people”.

16. “The numerous national, ethnic
and religious groups that co-exist
in Bahrain testify that we can and
must live together in our world,
which in these decades has
become a global village”

17. “In spite of progress and so many forms of social and scientific
achievements, the cultural disparity between various parts of the
world is growing, and destructive attitudes of conflict are
preferred to beneficial opportunities for fruitful encounter”

18. “Let us think instead of the Tree of Life, your symbol, and to the parched
deserts of human coexistence let us bring the water of fraternity”

19. “I am here, in this land of the Tree of Life, as a sower of peace, in order to
experience these days of encounter and to take part in a Forum of dialogue
between East and West for the sake of peaceful human coexistence”

20. “These days mark a precious stage in the journey of friendship that has
intensified in recent years with various Islamic religious leaders, a fraternal
journey that, beneath the gaze of heaven, seeks to foster peace on earth”

21. Respect, tolerance and religious freedom. These are fundamental themes, recognized
by the country’s Constitution, which lays down that “there shall be no discrimination… on the
basis of sex, origin, language, religion or creed” (Art. 18), that “freedom of conscience is
absolute”, and that “the state guarantees the inviolability of worship” (Art. 22).

22. Immigration – “about half of the resident population are foreigners,
working in an evident way for the development of a country in which,
despite leaving their native countries behind, they feel at home”

23. “Let us guarantee that working conditions everywhere are safe and dignified,
that they foster rather than hinder people’s cultural and spiritual growth;
and that they serve to advance social cohesion, to the benefit of common
life and the development of each country” - (cf. Gaudium et Spes, 9, 27, 60, 67).

24. Environment. “How many trees are cut down, how many ecosystems are devastated, how
many seas are polluted by our insatiable human greed, which then comes back to bite us”!

25. “I think especially of the monstrous and senseless reality of war, which everywhere
sows destruction and crushes hope. War brings out the worst in man: selfishness,
violence and dishonesty. For war, every war, brings in its wake the death of truth.
Let us reject the logic of weapons and change course, diverting enormous military
expenditures to investments in combating hunger and the lack of healthcare
and education. I grieve deeply for all these situations of conflict”

26. Yemen ; Let there be an end to the clash of weapons!

27. Friday, 4 November 2022 - AWALI
Closing of the "Bahrain Forum for Dialogue: East and West for
Human Coexistence" at Al-Fida' Square of Sakhir Royal Palace

28. Pope Francis waters a palm tree
before the Forum for Dialogue

29. “It is a striking paradox that, while the majority of the world’s population is united in facing the
same difficulties, suffering from grave food, ecological and pandemic crises, as well as an
increasingly scandalous global injustice, a few potentates are caught up in a resolute struggle for
partisan interests, reviving obsolete rhetoric, redesigning spheres of influence and opposing blocs”

30. “bitter consequences if we continue to accentuate conflict instead of understanding,
if we persist in stubbornly imposing our own models and despotic, imperialist,
nationalist and populist visions, if we are unconcerned about the culture of others,
if we close our ears to the plea of ordinary people and the voice of the poor, if we
continue simplistically to divide people into good and bad, if we make no effort
to understand one another and to cooperate for the good of all”

31. “I would therefore
like to propose
three challenges
that emerge from
the Document on
Human Fraternity -
Prayer, education
and action”

32. Prayer, the opening of ours hearts to the Most High, is essential for
purifying ourselves of selfishness, closed-mindedness, self-referentiality,
falseness and injustice. Those who pray receive peace of heart;

33. “The followers of the religions are men and women of peace
who, as they journey alongside others on this earth, invite
them, with gentleness and respect, to lift their gaze to heaven”

34. Religious freedom: - “compelled religion cannot bring a person into a meaningful
relationship with God”. Any form of religious coercion is unworthy of the Almighty, since he
has not handed the world over to slaves, but to free creatures, whom he fully respects”

35. “that places of worship are always and everywhere protected
and respected, and that prayer is favoured and never hindered”

36. “where opportunities for education are lacking, extremism
increases and forms of fundamentalism take root”

37. “An education that is not rigid and monolithic, but open to challenges and sensitive
to cultural changes; not self-referential and isolating, but attentive to the history
and culture of others; not stagnant, but inquisitive and open to embracing
different and essential aspects of the one human family to which we belong”

38. “it is unworthy of the human mind to think that power should prevail over reason,
to bring the methods of the past to present-day issues, or to apply models based
on technology or mere convenience to the history and culture of human beings”

39. “For it is not enough to say we are tolerant: we really have to
make room for others, granting them rights and opportunities”

40. Three urgent educational priorities.
1 - First, the recognition of women in the public sphere and their
freedom to exercise their social and political rights” (cf. Document on Human Fraternity).

41. 2 - “the protection of the fundamental rights of children”

42. 3 -“I would stress education for citizenship, for living in community, in respect
for one another and for the law. Then too, the particular importance of the
“concept of citizenship”, which “is based on the equality of rights and duties”.

43. “reject the discriminatory use of the term minorities
which engenders feelings of isolation and inferiority”

44. Action - “it is not enough to proclaim that a religion is peaceful;
we need to condemn and isolate the perpetrators of violence
who abuse its name. Nor is it enough to distance ourselves
from intolerance and extremism; we need to counter them”.

45. “This is why it is so necessary to stop supporting terrorist movements
fueled by financing, the provision of weapons and strategy, and by
attempts to justify these movements, even using the media”

46. “The West can discover in the East remedies for those spiritual and
religious maladies that are caused by a prevailing materialism. And the
East can find in the West many elements that can help free it from
weakness, division, conflict and scientific, technical and cultural decline.

47. “It is important to pay attention to religious, cultural and
historical differences that are a vital component in shaping
the character, culture and civilization of the East”.

48. “It is likewise important to reinforce the bond of
fundamental human rights in order to help ensure a
dignified life for all the men and women of East and West”

49. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
Revised 1-11-2022
Advent and Christmas – time of hope and peace
All Souls Day
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – In the Light of the Word
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – The Experiences and Challenges of Families
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 - Looking to Jesus, the Vocation of the Family
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - Love in Marriage
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Love made Fruitfuol
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Some Pastoral Perspectives
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Towards a better education of children
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Accompanying, discerning and integrating
weaknwss
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – The Spirituality of Marriage and the Family
Beloved Amazon 1ª – A Social Dream
Beloved Amazon 2 - A Cultural Dream
Beloved Amazon 3 – An Ecological Dream
Beloved Amazon 4 - An Ecclesiastical Dream
Carnival
Conscience
Christ is Alive
Fatima, History of the Apparitiions
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – Church and Family today
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - God’s plan for the family
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – family as a Community
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – serving life and education
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – mission of the family in society
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - Family in the Church
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Football in Spain
Freedom
Grace and Justification
Haurietis aquas – devotion to the Sacred Heart by Pius XII
Holidays and Holy Days
Holy Spirit
Holy Week – drawings for children
Holy Week – glmjpses of the last hours of JC
Human Community
Inauguration of President Donald Trump
Juno explores Jupiter
Kingdom of Christ
Saint Luke, evangelist
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Mary Magdalen
Saint Mark, evangelist
Saint Martha, Mary and Lazarus
Saint Martin de Porres
Saint Martin of Tours
Sain Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Mother Theresa of Calcutta
Saints Nazario and Celso
Saint John Chrysostom
Saint Jean Baptiste MarieaVianney, Curé of
Ars
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of
Philadelphia
Saint John of the Cross
Saint Mother Teresa of Calcuta
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Saing Peter Claver
Saint Robert Bellarmine
Saint Therese of Lisieux
Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles
Saints Zachary and Elizabeth, parents of
John Baptis
Signs of hope
Sunday – day of the Lord
Thanksgiving – History and Customs
The Body, the cult – (Eucharist)
The Chursh, Mother and Teacher
Valentine
Vocation to Beatitude
Virgin of Guadalupe – Apparitions
Virgin of the Pillar and Hispaniic feast day
Virgin of Sheshan, China
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WMoFamilies Rome 2022 – festval of
families
Way of the Cross – drawings for children
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Laudato si 1 – care for the common home
Laudato si 2 – Gospel of creation
Laudato si 3 – Human roots of the ecological crisis
Laudato si 4 – integral ecology
Laudato si 5 – lines of approach and action
Laudato si 6 – Education y Ecological Spirituality
Life in Christ
Love and Marriage 12,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Lumen Fidei – ch 1,2,3,4
Mary – Doctrine and dogmas
Mary in the bible
Martyrs of Korea
Martyrs of North America and Canada
Medjugore Santuario Mariano
Merit and Holiness
Misericordiae Vultus in English
Moral Law
Morality of Human Acts
Passions
Pope Franciss in Thailand
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Hungary, Slovaquia
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in the WYD in Poland 2016
Passions
Querida Amazonia
Resurrection of Jesus Christ –according to the
Gospels
Russian Revolution and Communismo 3 civil war
1918.1921
Russian Revolution and Communism 1
Russian Revolution and Communismo 2
Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr
Saint Albert the Great
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Bruno, fuunder of the Carthusians
Saint Charles Borromeo
Saint Faustina Kowalska and thee divine mercy
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis of Assisi
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint James, apostle
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
Saint Joseph

50. LISTA DE PRESENTACIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Revisado 1-11-2022
Abuelos
Adviento y Navidad, tiempo de esperanza
Amor y Matrimonio 1 - 9
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – A la luz de la Palabre
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – Realidad y Desafíos de las Familias
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 La mirada puesta en Jesús: Vocación de la
Familia
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - El Amor en el Matrimonio
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Amor que se vuelve fecundo
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Algunas Perspectivas Pastorales
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Fortalecer la educacion de los hijos
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Acompañar, discernir e integrar la fragilidad
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – Espiritualidad Matrimonial y Familiar
Carnaval
Conciencia
Cristo Vive
Dia de todos los difuntos
Domingo – día del Señor
El camino de la cruz de JC en dibujos para niños
El Cuerpo, el culto – (eucarisía)
Encuentro Mundial de Familias Roma 2022 – festival de las familias
Espíritu Santo
Fatima – Historia de las apariciones
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – iglesia y familia hoy
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - el plan de Dios para la familia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – familia como comunidad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – servicio a la vida y educación
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – misión de la familia en la sociedad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - participación de la familia en la
iglesia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Fátima – Historia de las Apariciones de la Virgen
Feria de Sevilla
Haurietis aquas – el culto al Sagrado Corazón
Hermandades y cofradías
Hispanidad
La Iglesia, Madre y Maestra
La Comunidad Humana
La Vida en Cristo
San José, obrero, marido, padre
San Juan Ma Vianney, Curé de’Ars
San Juan Crisostom
San Juan de la Cruz
San Juan N. Neumann, obispo de Philadelphia
San Juan Pablo II, Karol Wojtyla
San Lucas, evangelista
San Mateo, Apóstol y Evangelista
San Martin de Porres
San Martin de Tours
San Mateo, Apostol y Evangelista
San Maximiliano Kolbe
Santa Teresa de Calcuta
Santos Marta, Maria, y Lazaro
Santos Simon y Judaa Tadeo, aposttoles
San Nazario e Celso
San Padre Pio de Pietralcina
San Patricio e Irlanda
San Pedro Claver
San Roberto Belarmino
Santiago Apóstol
Santos Zacarias e Isabel, padres de Juan Bautista
Semana santa – Vistas de las últimas horas de JC
Vacaciones Cristianas
Valentín
Vida en Cristo
Virgen de Guadalupe, Mexico
Virgen de Pilar – fiesta de la hispanidad
Virgen de Sheshan, China
Virtud
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
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Vocación a evangelizar
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Laudato si 1 – cuidado del hogar común
Laudato si 2 – evangelio de creación
Laudato si 3 – La raíz de la crisis ecológica
Laudato si 4 – ecología integral
Laudato si 5 – líneas de acción
Laudato si 6 – Educación y Espiritualidad Ecológica
Ley Moral
Libertad
Lumen Fidei – cap 1,2,3,4
María y la Biblia
Martires de Corea
Martires de Nor America y Canada
Medjugore peregrinación
Misericordiae Vultus en Español
Moralidad de actos humanos
Pasiones
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria
Papa Francisco en Rumania
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco – mensaje para la Jornada Mundial
Juventud 2016
Papa Francisco – visita a Chile
Papa Francisco – visita a Perú
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba
Papa Francisco en Fátima
Papa Francisco en la JMJ 2016 – Polonia
Papa Francisco en Hugaría e Eslovaquia
Queridas Amazoznia 1,2,3,4
El Reino de Cristo
Resurrección de Jesucristo – según los Evangelios
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 1, 2, 3
Santa Agata, virgen y martir
San Alberto Magno
San Antonio de Padua
San Bruno, fundador del Cartujo
San Carlos Borromeo
San Francisco de Asis 1,2,3,4
San Francisco de Sales
Santa Faustina Kowalska, y la divina misericordia
Santa Maria Goretti
Santa María Magdalena
Santa Teresa de Lisieux
San Marco, evangelista
San Ignacio de Loyola