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Pope Francis holds historic public Mass

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February 6, 2019, 1:45 am
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Abu Dhabi—Pope Francis held a historic public Mass for an estimated 170,000 Catholics at an Abu Dhabi stadium on Tuesday on the first-ever papal visit to the Muslim Gulf.

Pope Francis holds historic public Mass

The pope waved at an enthusiastic crowd carrying Vatican flags and banners as he drove into Zayed Sports City Stadium, where an altar with a large cross was set up for the unprecedented open-air service in a country where worship is normally allowed only inside churches.

The United Arab Emirates borders Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, but unlike its larger neighbor, which outlaws all non-Muslim places of worship, Abu Dhabi allows Christians among its large migrant workforce to practice their faith discreetly.

Francis, who has made outreach to Muslim communities a cornerstone of his papacy, is wrapping up a historic three-day visit to the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday.

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“How beautiful it is for brothers to be joined under this sky,” said an MC in Arabic shortly after the pope’s arrival around 10 a.m. (0600 GMT). 

Inside the stadium, 50,000 Catholics with tickets to the Mass cheered the pope on, with one small group hoisting a pink posterboard which read “We the Catholics of Yemen love you!”.

Another 120,000 were gathered outside, watching via video link on large screens. 

A choir sang hymns as the pope, joined by priests of different nationalities, began the service, broadcast live on Emirati television.

Catholic migrants

The UAE invited the pope to visit as part of its 2019 “Year of Tolerance” which has its own designated ministry. 

Tolerance Minister Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak greeted the crowd at the stadium before the pope’s arrival for mass. 

Pope Francis’ trip has been warmly welcomed by Filipino and Indian Catholics among the UAE’s huge migrant workforce. 

Asian nationals make up about 65 percent of the population and are crucial to all sectors in the Gulf state, from construction to services and hotels. 

The son of Italian immigrants who was raised in Argentina, Jorge Bergoglio—or Pope Francis—has paid particular attention to migrants and refugees during his papacy. 

More than 85 percent of the UAE population are expatriates, and about one million Catholics live in the country, or about 10 percent of the population.

Yemen war

Tuesday’s Mass came a day after the pope called for an end to wars in the troubled Middle East, including in Yemen and Syria, at a meeting with a top sheik and rabbi in the UAE.

All religious leaders had a “duty to reject every nuance of approval from the word war,” he told the interfaith meeting on Monday.

“I am thinking in particular of Yemen, Syria, Iraq, and Libya,” he said.

Yemen is in the grip of what the UN calls the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, triggered by the intervention of Saudi Arabia, the UAE and their allies in a civil war between the government and Shiite Muslim rebels.

While the pope did not openly discuss politics, he called for “the full recognition” of the rights of people across the Middle East, a potential reference to communities including Shiites in Saudi Arabia, refugees and migrants, stateless peoples and other minorities.

“I look forward to societies where people of different beliefs have the same right of citizenship and where only in the case of violence in any of its forms is that right removed,” he said.

He also held talks in Abu Dhabi on Monday with Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb—imam of Cairo’s Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam’s most prestigious seat of learning.

The two religious leaders signed a document on “human fraternity for world peace and living together”, described by the Vatican as an “important step forward in the dialogue between Christians and Muslims”.

It called for “freedom of belief,” the “promotion of a culture of tolerance,” the “protection of places of worship” and “full citizenship” rights for minorities. 

Tags: Abu DhabiCatholicsMuslim GulfPope Francispublic massSheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak
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