Pope Francis departed from Bahrain on Sunday after a four-day trip that culminated with a visit to the Gulf's oldest Catholic church, where he told bishops, priests and nuns to remain united as they ministered to the faithful in the majority Muslim area.
The last event was at Sacred Heart church, built in 1939 on land donated by the then-ruler, putting Bahrain on the road to becoming one of the most accommodating countries in the region for non-Muslims.
"Worldly divisions, but also ethnic, cultural and ritual differences, cannot injure or compromise the unity of the Spirit," he said. King Hamad and Sheikh Ahmad al-Tayyeb, Grand Imam of Egypt's Al-Azhar mosque and university who was also in Bahrain, greeted the pontiff at the airport before he left for Rome, state TV showed.
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