Abu Dhabi: Holy Door opened for Jubilee of Arabian Martyrs
Bishop Paolo Martinelli, the Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia, presides over Mass for the opening of the Holy Door at St. Joseph's Cathedral in Abu Dhabi, as part of the Jubilee for the 1,500th anniversary of the martyrdom of St. Arethas and companions.
09 November 2023
By Deborah Castellano Lubov
As the Church in the Arabian Peninsula begins its Holy Year for the 1,500th anniversary of the Martyrs of Arabia (523-2023), the second of two Holy Doors was opened at Mass on Thursday evening in St. Joseph's Cathedral in the United Arab Emirates' capital of Abu Dhabi.
The Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia, Bishop Paolo Martinelli, OFM Cap., presided over the Mass as part of the Extraordinary Jubilee proclaimed in the Apostolic Vicariates of Northern and ...
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