Bahrain to sponsor digitization of Vatican Library’s Arabic documents
November 14, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: The Kingdom of Bahrain and the Vatican Apostolic Library have agreed to joint projects, including the digitization of the library’s Arabic documents, with the formal signing of a memorandum of understanding scheduled for November 15.
The nation of 1.6 million, located in the Persian Gulf (map), is 82% Muslim, 11% Christian, and 6% Hindu. Islam is the state religion, with religious freedom respected to a markedly greater degree than in neighboring Saudi Arabia. Pope Francis made an apostolic journey there in 2022.
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