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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