With profound filial affection and heartfelt concern, we have received the news of Your Holiness’s forthcoming surgical procedure.
At this moment, I wish to express, on my own behalf and on behalf of all the priests, religious brothers and sisters, and faithful of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia, our deepest spiritual closeness, sincere solidarity, and unwavering prayers for Your Holiness.
We entrust Your Holiness to the loving care of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Divine Physician of souls and bodies, asking Him to grant you strength, serenity, and complete healing. We also pray that He may guide and bless the hands of the medical professionals entrusted with your care.
We place Your Holiness under the maternal protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Arabia, imploring her loving intercession for the success of the surgical procedure and for your swift and full recovery.
Holy Father, your sons and daughters throughout Northern Arabia remain united with you in faith, love, and prayer. From our churches and communities across Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, we raise our hearts to the Lord, asking Him to preserve your health and strengthen you as you continue your sacred mission of shepherding the Universal Church and proclaiming Christ’s message of love, hope, and peace.
With profound filial devotion and spiritual communion in Christ, we humbly ask for Your Apostolic Blessing.
✠ Bishop Aldo Berardi, O.SS.T.
Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia
11 October 2026