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Pope to preside over largest act of Christian worship in the Arab world when in UAE

pictured here in Cairo April 2017 20171207T1358 0720 CNS VATICAN LETTER YEAR IN REVIEWPope Francis is set to preside over the largest act of Christian worship in the Arab world when he celebrates a Mass during the first papal visit to the United Arab Emirates. 

The 82-year-old Roman Pontiff will become the first Pope to celebrate an open-air Mass on the Arabian peninsula, which is due to be attended by up to 135,000 people at the Zayed Sports City Stadium.

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