Catholic leaders open church in UAE’s interfaith Abrahamic Family House

Catholic leaders open church in UAE’s interfaith Abrahamic Family House Abrahamic Family House on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi includes a mosque, from left, church and synagogue. In this aerial night view St. Francis church is pictured in the center. Photo: OSV News/courtesy Adjaye Associates

The three Abrahamic religions — Judaism, Christianity, and Islam — now share a common place to worship in the predominantly Muslim United Arab Emirates with the opening of the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi. Such was the dream of Pope Francis and Grand Imam Ahmed Al-Tayeb, who in 2019 signed a historic pledge calling…

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