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Pope Francis departs UAE following historic visit

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05-02-2019 | 06:38

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Pope Francis departs UAE following historic visit

Pope Francis departed the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday following a historic visit as the first pontiff in history to visit the Arabian Peninsula.

Tens of thousands of Catholics and several thousand Muslims attended an unprecedented public celebration of Mass held by the pope earlier in the day.

The UAE hosts about half of the two million expatriate Catholics living on the peninsula, home to the birthplace of Islam in neighboring Saudi Arabia. The community includes large numbers of people from the Philippines and India.

The pope, who arrived on Sunday at the invitation of Abu Dhabi's crown prince, has used the visit to condemn regional wars, including that in Yemen, the poorest country in the Peninsula, where the UAE is involved as part of a Saudi-led military coalition. He also called for greater cooperation between Christians and Muslims.

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