{"id":2309,"date":"2018-12-13T05:17:26","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T05:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/abudhabi\/en\/pope-francis-visit\/"},"modified":"2018-12-13T05:17:26","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T05:17:26","slug":"pope-francis-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/abudhabi\/en\/news\/pope-francis-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis Will Hold A Public Mass At Zayed Sports City"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu\">\n<div id=\"mpu\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/search?q=pope+francis&amp;section=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pope Francis<\/a> will hold a public mass at Zayed Sports City.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes after <a href=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/news\/pope-francis-uae-visit-open-mass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the announcement that the head of the Catholic Church will visit the UAE for the first time from February 3 &#8211; 5.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zayed Sports City has 43,000 seats and Bishop Paul Hinder Vicar Apostolic in the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia, who announced the news stated &#8216;arrangements are being put in place in order to make it possible for a maximum of our faithful to participate in this historic event&#8217;.<\/p>\n<h3>The full schedule for the visit has been released<\/h3>\n<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu_mid\">\n<div id=\"mpu_mid\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Sunday, February 3 (Rome-Abu Dhabi)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1pm Departure from Rome&#8217;s Fiumicino airport for Abu Dhabi.<\/li>\n<li>10pm Arrival at the Abu Dhabi Presidential Flight airport. Official welcome.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Monday, February 4<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Noon Welcoming ceremony at the entrance to the presidential palace.<\/li>\n<li>12.20pm Official visit with the crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, in the presidential palace.<\/li>\n<li>5pm Private meeting with members of the Muslim Council of Elders in the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque.<\/li>\n<li>6.10pm Interreligious meeting at the Founder&#8217;s Memorial.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Tuesday, February 5 (Abu Dhabi, Rome)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>9.15am Private visit to the cathedral.<\/li>\n<li>10.30am Mass at Zayed Sports City.<\/li>\n<li>12.40pm Farewell ceremony at the Presidential Flight airport.<\/li>\n<li>1pm Departure for Rome.<\/li>\n<li>5pm Arrival at Rome&#8217;s Ciampino airport.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncronline.org\/news\/vatican\/vatican-publishes-schedule-papal-visit-abu-dhabi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule via National Catholic Reporter<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/api.whatsapp.com\/send?phone=971523023896&amp;text=&amp;source=&amp;data=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get breaking news via WhatsApp: message &#8216;subscribe me&#8217; to +971 52 302 3896<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pope Francis will hold a public mass at Zayed Sports City. 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