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Pope Francis lands in UAE for historic visit

Pope Francis waves as he boards a plane at Rome's Fiumicino airport on February 3, 2019, on his way to the United Arab Emirates. [AFP]

Pope Francis landed in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday for the first ever visit by a pontiff to the Arabian Peninsula -- the birthplace of Islam.

The pope touched down in Abu Dhabi for the 48-hour trip during which he will meet leading Muslim clerics and hold an open-air mass for some 135,000 Catholics.

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