Bautiful Catholic Chruch of St. Paul in Abu Dhabi, UAE

The United Arab Emirates recognizes the Supremacy of the Catholic Church as First among all Christian churches, both historically and biblically, granting her with utmost rights and privileges and allow its adherents from different countries working as overseas workers, to worship and give glory to the One God we all pray and give our supreme praise. 

In 2007 the Holy See (Vatican State) and the United Arab Emirates signs its "bonds of mutual friendship" sealing a diplomatic ties between the two states.  With the Holy See's efforts, other Christian churches benefited from it with more freedom and tolerance to worship as they please. -CD2000

The St. Paul's Church is a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church which is located in the area of Mussafah in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. Its importance is that it is the second Catholic church to be built in the emirate since 1965 when the St. Joseph Cathedral was built. Its history dates back to November 2011 when the municipality granted land in the industrial area of Mussafah, after a work of 18 months of consultation. That same year the first stone of the temple was laid. It was inaugurated and blessed with the presence of local authorities as the Shaikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan and religious (Cardinal Pietro Parolin) in June 2015. -Wikipeda

Inauguration of the New Catholic Church Parish in Salalah Oman

Thriving Catholic Churches in the Arabian Peninsula!

The CATHOLIC CHURCH in ABU DHABI, UAE is very strong and ALIVE: The Official Opening of St. Joseph Parish

Thanks to sister Mary Ann Sismar for sharing us this good news! Praise unto our Triune God, One God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit! The 'trying hard, copy-cat' Iglesia Ni Cristo® (INC of Felix Y. Manalo) has none of these MARKS of a TRUE CHURCH-- it's universality represented by different races, tongue, cultures ["...Filipinos, Indians, South Americans, Lebanese, and Europeans...] which has deep historical link to the ancient Biblical Church and to the See of Rome where Peter reigns over the whole UNIVERSAL CHURCH OF CHRIST!

Roman Catholicism in the United Arab Emirates

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Roman Catholic Church in the United Arab Emirates is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.

There are over 250,000 foreign workers in the country who are Catholics, representing around 7% of the total population, largely Filipinos, Indians, South Americans, Lebanese, and Europeans. The United Arab Emirates forms part of the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia and the Vicar Apostolic Bishop Paul Hinder is based in Abu Dhabi.^[1] The Vatican has diplomatic relations with the UAE, represented by Archbishop Paul-Mounged El-Hachem.^[2]

Churches in the Region

• St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Abu Dhabi
• St. Mary's Catholic Church, Dubai
• St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Jebel Ali
• St. Michael's Catholic Church, Sharjah
• St. Mary's Catholic Church, Al Ain
• Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, Fujairah
• Fujairah Sub Centres in Kalba, Khorfakkan and Dibba
• St. Anthony of Padua Church, Ras Al-Khaimah

King of Bahrain Audience with Pope Francis

Rarely, an Arab Muslim King visits the world's 1.2 billion leader at the Eternal City of Rome, but yes, the generous and tolerant Muslim King of Bahrain, who donated a land for the Catholic community in Bahrain paid a visit to His Holiness Pope Francis in May 19, 2014. Here the story from Catholic News Agency:

Pope Francis received King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain in audience on May 19.

An estimated 10% of the people in the Persian Gulf island nation are Christians; most Christians there are Asian guest workers. Conversion from Islam to Christianity is forbidden, but the nation is permitting the construction of a cathedral for the apostolic vicar who ministers to Catholics there.

The Pope and the king, who has ruled Bahrain since 1999, discussed Middle East peace and stability. “Mention was then made of the Christian community’s positive contribution to the country, and appreciation was expressed for His Majesty’s personal interest in the needs of the local Catholic community,” according to the Holy See Press Office.

Following their discussion, the King met with Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin and Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, the Vatican’s Secretary for Relations with States.