On the Feast of the Immaculate Conception 1948, the Catholic priest, Father Teofano Ubaldo Stella of the Carmelite Order had it framed and brought out for public veneration.

[2] In 1956, Bishop Stella petitioned the Holy See to proclaim the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Arabia as Patroness of Kuwait.

[2] A solid gold crown studded with precious rubies and diamonds was crafted and then brought to Rome, where Pope John XXIII personally blessed it on 17 March 1960.

[2] The canonical coronation was further authorised by Pope John XXIII, which occurred on 25 March 1960 via the Papal legate Cardinal Valerian Gracias of Bombay.

[9] The same monarch later presented a model of the proposed church structure to Pope Francis on 19 May 2014 during a private papal audience at the Apostolic Palace in Rome.