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Pope Francis becomes first Pope to visit Arabian Peninsula
short by Nandini Sinha / on Tuesday, 5 February, 2019
Pope Francis reached the UAE on Sunday for the first-ever visit by a head of the Catholic Church to the Arabian Peninsula. Pope Francis and Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Egypt's Al-Azhar mosque, signed a 'Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together'. The UAE said Pope's visit reflects its history as a "cradle of diversity".
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