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Matricia, a Filipina living in Dammam in neighboring Saudi Arabia, said she felt "lucky" to be at Saturday morning's mass

Rights groups had previously called on the pope to speak out about alleged abuses in the Sunni-led monarchy

The pope told journalists aboard the papal plane that it is “an interesting trip [that will] make us think about sharing good news”

Pope Francis said religious freedom should be "complete and not limited to freedom of worship”

The ranks of Catholics in Bahrain have been swollen by foreign workers, mostly from India and the Philippines

Criticism of Bahrain's human rights record has already erupted ahead of Pope Francis' voyage, which lasts through Sunday

"Let’s face it, we have gotten pretty good at compromising with the Gospel,” the pope said in St. Peter’s Basilica on November 2

“Peace is not achieved by conquering or defeating someone, it is never violent,” the pontiff said before praying the Angelus on November 1

The pope's travel comes three years after his historic trip to the United Arab Emirates in 2019, where he signed a Muslim-Christian manifesto for peace

“There are still millions of boys and girls who suffer and live in conditions very similar to slavery”