وَإِذْ قَالَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ يَا مَرْيَمُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ اصْطَفَاكِ وَطَهَّرَكِ وَاصْطَفَاكِ عَلَىٰ نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِينَ And when the angels said: O Mary! Lo! Allah hath chosen thee and made thee pure, and hath preferred thee above (all) the women of creation. Surat Āli `Imrān , Quran 3:42... Luke 1:28 And coming to her, he said, “Hail, favored one! The Lord is with you KING OF BAHRAIN DONATES LAND FOR CONSTRUCTION OF CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL BLESSING OF THE FIRST STONE OF THE CATHEDRAL OF OUR LADY OF ARAB AWALI, BAHRAIN The Rite of Blessing of the foundation stone of the new Cathedral dedicated to Our Lady of Arabia was held on May 31, 2014, during the Eucharistic Celebration at the Church of Our Lady of the Visitation in Awali, Bahrain. The main celebrant and concelebrants were His Grace Archbishop Petar Rajič - Apostolic Nuncio to the Arabian Peninsula, His Lordship Bishop Camillo Ballin, mccj - Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia and the Clergy of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia. The service was attended by the Catholic faithful of Bahrain and the neighbouring Gulf States. The foundation stone taken from St. Peters Basilica in Rome, is a gift from the Holy Father. This brick, which was placed into the Holy Door of the Papal Basilica of St. Peter’s in the Vatican at the end of the Extraordinary Holy Year of Redemption 1983-1984, was extracted on the occasion of the opening of the same Door by the Holy Father John Paul II at the beginning of the Great Jubilee of the year 2000 Mgr Camillo Ballin, mccj, Apostolic Vicar of north Arabia, vicariate which includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia told Fides that he was in Kuwait when he received a request for a meeting from the King of Bahrain’s Minister, Shaykh Ahmed Bin Ateytallah Al Khalifa, who later handed him the deeds to the land. Mgr Ballin was keen to highlight that the document was dated 11 February, the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes that in Bahrain corresponds to Our Lady of Arabia . “Our prayers have been answered,” writes the Bishop. “Our Lady of Arabia is capable of doing miracles!” Bishop Ballin said that 13 February he was invited to the royal palace for a meeting with King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa with all the religious authorities, and was that he was going to be seated seated next to the King as a guest of honour. He said this would enable him to personally thank the King for this gift. The new church will be Cathedral dedicated to Our Lady of Arabia.
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