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Pope Francis's Visit to The United Arab Emirates was Lit!
- Marilyn Ojehonmon Nwene
- Feb 7, 2019
- 1 min read
Pope Francis is lit! He was invited by the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed bin Zayed to visit the Arabian Peninsula to inaugurate the UAE’s “Year of Tolerance.”
On Monday, we saw the Pope and Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb, the grand Imam of Egypt's Al-Azhar hugging each other after an interreligious meeting in Abu Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
On Tuesday, the Pope celebrated also celebrated a historic Catholic mass in UAE .
According to the UAE, the public mass which was held at Zayed Sports City Stadium in the capital city Abu Dhabi was attended by about 4,000 Muslims and 135,000 people in total.
Pope Francis preached about humility and faith to the crowd.




Pope Francis holds historic papal Mass in Abu Dhabi, tens of thousands attend


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