Hope and Mercy
December 2025
Pastoral letter of Bishop Paolo Martinelli to the faithful of the Vicariate.
Pastoral Letters
Through his pastoral letters, the Apostolic Vicar accompanies the Church in the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Yemen on its journey of faith. The letters are listed by year, starting with the most recent.
2025
Migrants and Pilgrims of Hope
January 2025
A reflection on the Jubilee Year 2025, written for a Church of migrants on pilgrimage together.
2024
Joy and Jubilee
22 September 2024
A reflection on the Jubilee Year of St. Arethas and the joy and fruits it brought to the Vicariate.
Not Slaves but Children
February 2024
On Christian formation for the third millennium, in a multicultural, multilingual and multi-rite Church.
2023
“Come and See” (John 1:39)
25 September 2023
Life is a Vocation — Bishop Paolo’s first pastoral letter to the faithful of the Vicariate.
Earlier Pastoral Letters
The pastoral letters of Bishop Paul Hinder, OFM Cap., Apostolic Vicar from 2005 to 2022 (of Arabia until 2011, then of Southern Arabia), are kept with the Former Apostolic Vicars.
Former Apostolic Vicars