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Pope Francis, Papal Mass dominate UAE Twitter

Pope Francis’ historic visit to the UAE continues to take over Twitterverse as six out of 10 trending topics talk about the pontiff on the social media site.

Today, February 4, Pope Francis is holding a historic Holy Mass at the Zayed Sports City Stadium and the said venue is currently the top and the fourth trending topic on Twitter UAE.

As of press time, the hashtag #PopeFrancisUAE is the second trending topic on Twitter in the UAE, while Papal Mass is in the third spot.

The topics Historical Liturgy and Pope Francis in the Emirates are also among the trending topics placing fifth and seventh, respectively.

Pope Francis is also among the Top 10 trending topics on Twitter in the UAE in the last 24 hours.

The Papal Visit marks 1st visit of a Pope to the MENA region. Themed ‘Make Me a Channel of Your Peace’, the visit is a positive response of the pontiff and the Vatican to the invitation of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the UAE.

In line with the UAE’s ‘Year of Tolerance’ the visit is part of the celebrations of the ‘International Interfaith Meeting on Human Fraternity’.

Staff Report

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