Tirana’s Catholic cathedral looks somewhat bland on the outside save for the statue of St Paul perched on the roof, but it has a quite nice interior with impressive concrete architecture. Note Mother Teresa and Pope John Paul II featured in the stained glass windows.Cathedral of St. Paul comments
- Irenaeus Delidimos - Greece, Thessaloniki
The figure with Mother Teresa is certainly not Pope John Paul II. He (as all popes) used to wear a white hat and dress. He is the Catholic Archbishop of Tirana-Durres Mgr. Rrok Kola Mirdita, on whose initiative St.Paul's Cathedral was built.
TIYP says: Pope John Paul II is not the person depicted next to her, but on another window in the church.
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