MANAMA, Bahrain –
The building of the largest Roman Catholic church in the Persian Gulf was supposed to be a chance for the tiny island kingdom of Bahrain to showcase its traditions of religious tolerance in a conservative Muslim region where churches largely operate under heavy limitations.

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