Pope Francis makes historic visit to Abu Dhabi

05/02/2019 Argaam

Pope Francis arrived in Abu Dhabi on Monday in the first-ever visit by the head of the Vatican to the Arabian Peninsula.

 

During his 48-hour trip, the pontiff met leading Muslim clerics and visited Presidential Palace, the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque as well as spoke at an interfaith meeting at the Founder's Memorial.

 

He will hold an open-air mass for nearly 135,000 Catholics on Tuesday.

Pope Francis has been making pastoral visits to Egypt, Turkey, Jordan, Palestine, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Albania since ascending to the papacy in 2013.

 

Meanwhile, Nigel Green, chief executive officer, deVere Group, said that the Pope’s historic visit to the UAE is another symbolic advance in the emirates becoming a major global business and finance hub.

 

“This is a truly historic papal visit and a major international event. Pope Francis will bring a message of the importance of building global relations and peaceful coexistence. Another key theme will be of welcoming immigrants, which, naturally, has huge significance to the UAE, where the majority of the population is made up of expat workers," he added.

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