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UAE today hosted the historic meeting of His Holiness Pope Francis and His Eminence Dr. Ahmad Al Tayeb. During the meeting, the ‘Human Fraternity Award’ was launched to create a through interfaith dialogue. The two religious symbols were honoured during the award’s first edition.
Tens of thousands of Catholics and several thousand Muslims attended an unprecedented public celebration of Mass on Tuesday by Pope Francis, the first pontiff in history to visit the Arabian peninsula.
About 135,000 worshippers gathered in Zayed Sports City stadium in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, to see the pope, who is in the Gulf Arab country to promote interfaith dialogue.
