3.2.19

Pope to Conduct Mass In Muslim State

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"This week Pope Francis makes history once again, traveling to the Arabian Peninsula—the first such visit for any pontiff. He will celebrate mass in Abu Dhabi with 120,000 of the more than 1 million Catholics who live in the UAE, continuing his mission to position himself as the world's premier spiritual leader.

(CNN) Pope Francis is set to arrive in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday night, making him the first pontiff to visit an Arab Gulf state.

In a video address from the Vatican on Thursday, Pope Francis said the trip marked "a new page in the history of relations between religions, confirming that we are brothers and sisters, even though we are different." The overwhelming majority of Emirates are Muslim, but the country hosts a large expatriate population, some 1.2 million of whom are Christian.

The majority of the UAE's Christians are Indians and Filipinos.

The pontiff will spend three days in the UAE's capital, Abu Dhabi, where he will attend an inter-religious conference with Jewish and Christian leaders. The trip culminates with a papal mass at the Zayed Sports City, expected to be the single largest gathering the country, with about 135,000 attendees."