Pope Francis concludes historic UAE visit with a Papal Mass

Pope Francis officiated historic mass for 180,000 Catholics in the UAE

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00:00His Holiness Pope Francis concluded his historic three-day visit in the UAE with a papal mass

00:11on Tuesday morning.

00:13The head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City has delivered the papal

00:17mass to 180,000 Catholics from different parts of the world who converged at the Zayed Sports

00:22Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

00:26Also known as the Rockstar Pope, Pope Francis arrived on his pope mobile to greet the excited

00:30crowds inside and outside the Zayed Stadium where he conducted the 19-minute mass.

00:37During his homily, Pope Francis thanked the UAE's leadership and its people whom he called

00:42the children of Zayed in the land of Zayed.

00:44I'm so happy, very excited, especially for her.

00:49She's a miracle baby.

00:50If he comes close to you, what will you tell him?

00:54Please heal my legs.

00:56It is really amazing that we can get to see Pope so close.

01:01Being in the UAE, we have got this opportunity.

01:04It will surely bring us together.

01:07The message of love, tolerance, and we pray that this country will be blessed.

01:14We are all going to get the blessings of God through Pope Francis.

01:20Many have asked us to pray and through us they are also going to be affected.

01:24It's a rare opportunity and we will never forget it in our life.

01:28We never knew that he would come and Pope would come and we are very close to him.

01:32Anybody will help.

01:34We are super happy to be in Abu Dhabi, to come here and see our Pope, Francisco, that

01:42also is for our country.

01:45We are glad my wife and my baby came to me.

01:48I wish the peace in the world.

01:52I wish this heaven can combine two different cultures, like Islamic and Catholic.

01:59I think it will be a nice 2019 for all of us.

02:09No, we just took the opportunity because we saw some of the other children who took their chance.

02:14I just told him, if you want to be blessed by the Pope, just stay with me.

02:18So he was on my shoulder and he just took the opportunity.

02:21Reflecting one of the most diverse gathering of nationalities for a papal mass outside

02:25of Rome, elements of the 19-minute service were conducted in Italian, English, Arabic,

02:30Tagalog, Hindi, and Korean.

02:32The mass was attended by nearly 20% of the estimated 1 million Catholics living and working

02:37in the UAE.

02:38Irish Eden Belieza for Gulf News.

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