Goan Reporter News: Pope Francis gave King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa a commemorative medal of the Bahrain visit, showing an image of Our Lady of Arabia flanked by the Cathedral of the same name on the right and the Sacred Heart Church, the first Catholic Church in the Persian Gulf area, on the left.
Behind Our Lady, the Tree of Life rises above Qal’at al-Bahrain, the archaeological site that was the capital of the Dilmun, one of the most important ancient civilizations in the region.