MANAMA, Bahrain (CNS) -- Seek to be guardians and builders of unity, reaching out to dialogue with others and living as brothers and sisters, Pope Francis told the Catholic faithful and their bishops and priests from throughout the Persian Gulf.
And, he said, be prophetic, attentive 'interpreters of reality, capable of perceiving God's presence amid the frequently obscure course of history and making it known to the people.'
'The words of the prophets are often scathing: they call by name the