Pope Francis leaves on Thursday for Bahrain, a trip aimed at improving ties with the Islamic world but which could thrust him into a human rights conflict between the Sunni-led monarchy and its Shi'ite Muslim opposition.
It is only the second visit by a pope to the Arabian Peninsula, following his 2019 visit to the United Arab Emirates, when he became the first pontiff to visit and say a Mass in the peninsula.
Bahrain is about 70% Muslim and, unlike Saudi Arabia, allows its small community of about 160,000 Catholics - made up mostly of foreign workers - to practice their faith publicly in two churches. The London-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy and other human rights groups have urged the pope to speak out on what they say are rights abuses, including the imprisonment of pro-democracy dissidents.
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