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✣ Pope to make historic visit to Abu Dhabi
What happened?
Pope Francis will visit Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on February 3-5, the Vatican announced. The trip will mark the first time a pontiff has set foot on the Arabian peninsula. The Pope will attend an interfaith meeting and celebrate a public Mass. There are growing numbers of Catholics in the UAE – about 900,000, according to the latest Vatican statistics. They are nearly all guest workers from the Philippines and India.
