Meet the saints of Southern Arabia’s new calendar

The Vatican’s formal approval came Monday for the vicariate's new patron saints and liturgical calendar.

St. Mary’s Catholic Church, United Arab Emirates. Credit: JD FLynn/Pillar.

The Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia announced Monday the Vatican’s formal approval of its new patron saints and liturgical calendar.

The vicariate announced Aug. 19 that the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments had approved designating Saint Pete…