Prayers to Our Lady of Arabia calls for peace in the Middle East
Our Lady of Arabia is a Roman Catholic title for the Blessed Virgin Mary, venerated as the patroness of the Apostolic Vicariates of Northern and Southern Arabia. Represented holding a Rosary and the Child Jesus, she is a central figure for the diverse, mostly expatriate (IOW for faithful who are living in the area but not natives) Catholic population in the Gulf, particularly in Kuwait and Bahrain. Reported in Aleteia by Ryle Silva “May Our Lady of Arabia watch over us all” At the start of the conflict in Iran, the bishops of the two vicariates that oversee the gulf countries of Arabia and more than 2 million Catholic faithful there issued statements. Both prayed, "May Our Lady of Arabia, our mother, watch over us all." The two statements are brief, and encouraged the faithful to be attentive to instructions given by local authorities. The bishops also urged prayer and charity. "Let us remain united in faith and charity, caring especially for the elderly, the sick, and...