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Pope Francis will visit predominantly Muslim Bahrain November 3-6 to attend an international conference, the Vatican announced on Wednesday. The Vatican said the pope would visit the Gulf island country off the Arabian peninsula to take part in the Bahrain Forum for Dialogue: East and West for Human Coexistence. In 2019, Francis visited Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, the first pontiff to visit the Arabian peninsula and say a Mass there. Bahrain is about 70% Muslim and, unlike Saudi Arabia, allows the small Christian community – made up mostly of foreign workers – to practice their fait…