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Historical visit of Pope Francis to the UAE @Abu Dhabi, 3-5 Feb 2019

Historical visit of Pope Francis to the UAE @Abu Dhabi, 3-5 Feb 2019

Historical visit of Pope Francis to the UAE @Abu Dhabi, 3-5 Feb 2019 The visit coincides with the UAE’s celebration of the Year of Tolerance, which was declared by H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the UAE in December 2018. In a video message released by the Vatican on Thursday ahead of his visit, Pope Francis extended his warm greetings to the people of the UAE and described the emirates as a “country which strives to be a model for co-existence and human fraternity and meeting point of different civilisations and cultures”. The Vatican said the pope had…