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/slideshows/homeLarge/DSC_0821_copy.jpg Building community and country With H.H. Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak al Nahyan, UAE Minister for Youth, Culture and Community Development and H.E. Ali Al Hashimi, the Religious Counsellor to the Ministry of Presidential Affairs at the inauguration of the new St. Joseph's Parish Centre

/slideshows/homeLarge/1024px-Jacob_Jordaens_the_elder_-_Flight_of_the_Holy_Family_into_Egypt_-_Walters_372368.jpg The Holy Family - Patrons of the Vicariate Following Jesus, Mary and Joseph as a migrant people in the heart of Southern Arabia

/slideshows/homeLarge/Pope%2BBishop%20Paul%20shake%20hands_2013.10.24%2000945_24102013.jpg Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia Bishop Paul Hinder with Pope Francis

/slideshows/homeLarge/Giotto_-_Sankt_Franciskus_stigmatisering.jpg Prayer to the Most High "Most High, glorious God, enlighten the darkness of my heart and give me true faith, certain hope and perfect charity, sense and knowledge, Lord, that I may carry out Your holy and true command." - St. Francis of Assisi

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The Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia is a territorial jurisdiction of the Catholic Church covering the countries of United Arab Emirates, Oman and Yemen. The present Apostolic Vicar is Bishop Paul Hinder OFM Cap. who hails from Switzerland. The office of the Apostolic Vicar is based in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
Vicariate News
- Letter to All the Faithful of the UAE regarding "Pastoral Forum/ Assembly"
  
  November 8
  
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- Family Ministry Updates: October
  
  November 6
  
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- “Be fire!”, youth told as ACYC 2018 concludes in Ras Al Khaimah
  
  October 29
  
  Largest Catholic Youth Festival of the Arabian peninsula held every few years concludes on high note amidst transforming sessions, brilliant musical performances and presence of Bishops, priests and nuns of the region with almost 1600 young catholics
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- Catholic Youth from across the Arabian peninsula to descend on Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
  
  October 22
  
  More than 1,000 young adults between the ages 18 to 35 are expected to attend the two-day event, ACYC 2018
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- Family Ministry - September Updates
  
  October 3
  
  Holy mass and get-together for children of determination and widows and widowers along with other activities highlights the month
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Synod 2018 - keys to the final document
DAILY NEWS BULLETIN FROM THE VATICAN
- World Fisheries Day: Labour rights are human rights
  
  Cardinal Peter Turkson, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development traveled to the Headquarters of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization on Friday to mark World Fisheries...
- As electoral campaigns begin, DRC Bishops pledge to stand by the people
  
  The DRC Bishops through the National Episcopal Conference of Congo, CENCO, currently meeting in an extraordinary plenary assembly, from 20 to 22 November 2018 in Kinshasa say they are evaluating the...
- Pope at General Audience: ‘Commandments open heart to God’
  
  In his catechesis at the General Audience, Pope Francis says the Ten Commandments help us open our hearts to receive the mercy of God and to show compassion to others.
- Pope Francis' message to young people for World Youth Day
  
  Pope Francis has a message for young people preparing for World Youth Day 2019: Ask God "What do you want from me?" — and allow God to answer you.

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Pastoral Letter 2018
ORDO 2018

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  November 30 - December 2
  
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