By Raji Unnikrishnan
THE LARGEST Roman Catholic cathedral in the Arabian Peninsula was inaugurated in Bahrain yesterday by His Majesty King Hamad’s personal representative Shaikh Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa with a military band playing and a choir singing.
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia in Awali has been built on 9,000sqm of land donated by His Majesty at an estimated cost of BD5.5 million.
Shaikh Abdulla opened the stunning cathedral officially by placing a crystal ball – one symbolising peace – on a replica of a lamppost in the Vatican, the city-state surrounded by the Italian capital of Rome and headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church.
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