The Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has approved the new liturgical calendar particular for the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia (AVOSA), designating it with three new patron saints.
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, head of the Vatican Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, consecrated Our Lady of Arabia Cathedral in Bahrain, the newest and largest cathedral in the Persian Gulf region, December 10.
