Asia/Bahrain – North Arabia Apostolic Pastor: “A Christmas gift of love to the Catholic community”
Thursday, December 21, 2023
Awari (Agenzia Fides) – “Christmas is a festival of joy and peace. It is a time when we recognize Jesus as the Son of God. We all understand that Christmas is a gift of love and a gift. It is a gift that comes to us from God through Jesus, involving us in the love of the Holy Trinity.” This is what Bishop Aldo Berardi, Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia, said. , is what the entire community of vicarious believers expressed when they desired in the depths of their hearts to receive this gift from the Lord. In his Christmas message to the Catholic community, the bishop said: “We celebrate with deep joy Christmas, the coming of the Lord in the flesh. Because you can receive new opportunities.” of the agent. “I hope that your families, your communities and your vicarious parishes will spend these days living in harmony, steeped in song, celebration, the exchange of gifts and all the traditions that enrich the celebration of this special moment of Christmas. For us, this holiday is very important, and we have been preparing for it, so now we have hope for the coming of Jesus, who is a gift to all of us. “We celebrate Jesus because he is the light and the way,” the bishop concluded in his message. In 2011, the Holy See redesigned the scope of the Church in the countries of the Arabian Peninsula, extending the jurisdiction of the Kuwait Apostolic Vicariate to include Bahrain, Qatar, and the territory of Saudi Arabia, the only country still without a church. Thus was born the Apostolic Vicariate of North Arabia, which today includes more than two million believers of the Latin, Syro-Malabar, Syro-Malankar, Maronite, and Coptic rites. (AP) (Agenzia Fides, December 21, 2023)
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