Don't grieve for them in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Because of the petroleum business ("awl bidness" in Texasese) there ARE men-of-the-cloth there.
I know because I began my routine of DAILY MASS there, THANKS to my Saudi boss who encouraged me to take off the 20 minutes for Mass (across the street) because he told me: "God is number one. There is always time for God." I could go to pray whenever I wanted to. Imagine, starting DAILY MASS in the Muslim Kingdom of Saudi Arabia!
Men-of-the-cloth are NOT allowed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia but the King and Saudi ARAMCO got around it by calling them "special teachers."
There was a minister for all the Protestants. They met once a week and he was minister for all denominations. There was a vicar for the Anglicans. The vicar only came once a month since there were only six Anglicans on camp.
The priest ministered to all Catholics on and off camp. The latter was for the plethora of Filipino men working there for all the construction companies.
I still go to daily Mass, thanks to my Muslim boss, Mohammed Hussein. Shukran jazeelan !! = Thank you very much! = شكرا جزيلا
Why you interrupt a thread asking for prayers and fasting, during the last week of Advent, for Christians being persecuted by muslims, to plug an Islamic state is beyond me.