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Pope Francis On Historic Visit to the UAE

03/02/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - Newshour, Pope Francis On Historic Visit to the UAE

It's the first visit of a leader of the Roman Catholic church to the Arabian Peninsula

It marks the first ever visit of a leader of the Roman Catholic church to the Arabian Peninsula.

Pope Francis is setting off on the first ever visit of a leader of the Roman Catholic church to the Arabian Peninsula. We look at why he's picked the UAE - and what he's hoping to achieve there. 

Also in the programme - how the pacific island of Tonga spent two weeks without access to internet - and why Britain's Sikh population is trying to raise awareness of the small sword they carry for religious reasons.

(Photo: Pope Francis attends the festival of families at Croke Park in 2018. Credit: Getty Images)

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