Archbishop: Pope Francis visited UAE

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00:00The presence of the nuncio here, yes, has deepened the ties with the GCC countries.

00:05And as you know, this creation of this nuncio here, it goes back to the visit of His Holiness in 2019,

00:15when he came here to sign the document on human fraternity with Dr. Ahmad Atayyib,

00:23the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, and it was in February 2019.

00:28So this was a kind of entering in the world of the central world of the Islamic countries,

00:39which is very important to be close, you see, to our brothers in other faiths.

00:44And you know that His Holiness was invited by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan,

00:51who also were trying to establish this kind of connection, you see, of fraternity

00:57between nations and religions.

01:00Therefore, we can say that the visit of the Pope to Riai, it was the first ever visit of a Pope to the Arabian Peninsula.

01:08And this is very important to explain that the Catholic Church is concretely wants to enter in this deep dialogue

01:16with the other world, which is very important.

01:20So my presence here, I can explain that it is the presence of many preachers,

01:25continue the effort of the Catholic Church to be close to all religions,

01:32and especially to our brothers and Muslims.