Pope in Bahrain: Catholic and Muslims like brothers

Catholic leader Pope Francis making speech at Bahrain boosted Catholic-Muslim fraternity.

On last day of his visit to Bahrain, Pope on Saturday celebrated mass at Bahrain national stadium in front of thousands.

He also led a prayer meeting with local Catholics at the Sacred Heart School in Manama.

This is the Pope first trip to Bahrain and it is aimed at improving ties with the Islam world.

There are 161000 catholic communities in Bahrain, mostly immigrants from India and Philippine.

Bahrain is criticized by human rights international organizations for human abuses.

Pope Francis called for an end to discrimination and human rights violations. It is vital that “fundamental human rights are not violated but promoted”, the pope said at the Sakhir Royal palace.