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St. Joseph's Cathedral [1] is the seat of the Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia and is one of the five Catholic churches in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi [2] [3] besides St. Paul's Church in Musaffah, St. Mary's Church in Al Ain, St.Francis Church in the Abrahamic Family House in Saadiyat Island and St. John the Baptist Church in Ruwais. [4]
On 3 February 2019, Pope Francis landed in Abu Dhabi [3] and was greeted by Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and then Ahmad al-Tayyeb, Grand Imam of Al Azhar University, which serves as the lead source for Sunni Islam education and Chairman of the Muslim Council ...
The first Catholic Church in Abu Dhabi was established on Corniche Road in 1965, and the Parish of St. Joseph's Church was founded in 1974. As the Catholic community in Abu Dhabi grew, there was a need for a larger church. In 2007, a new project was launched to construct a bigger and more modern church, and the reconstruction began in 2013.
St. Francis Church (Arabic: كنيسة القديس فرنسيس) is a church on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The church is part of the Abrahamic Family House, an interfaith complex that includes a mosque, a synagogue and a church, built with the aim of promoting Interfaith dialogue. [1] The church is named after St ...
The St. Paul's Church [1] is a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church which is located in the area of Mussafah in Abu Dhabi, [2] the United Arab Emirates. [3] It is the second Catholic church to be built in the emirate since 1965 [ 4 ] when the St. Joseph Cathedral was built.
The Abrahamic Family House (Arabic: بيت العائلة الإبراهيمية) is an interfaith complex on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi.The undertaking was inspired by the Document on Human Fraternity signed by Pope Francis on behalf of the Catholic Church and Ahmed El-Tayeb on behalf of the al-Azhar Mosque on 4 February 2019 in Abu Dhabi.
St. Michael's Catholic Church, Sharjah; St. Mary's Catholic Church, Al Ain; St. Paul's Catholic Church, Abu Dhabi; St. Anthony of Padua Church, Ras Al Khaimah; Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, Fujairah; St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Ruwais; St. Francis Church, Abu Dhabi (opened in February 2023)
St. Joseph's Cathedral, Abu Dhabi The Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia ( Latin : Vicariatus Apostolicus Arabiæ Meridionalis ) ( Arabic : النيابة الرسولية من جنوب الجزيرة العربية ) is an apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church with territorial jurisdiction for Oman , United Arab Emirates and Yemen .