HEAD OF THE VATICAN, 12 HOURS IN ALBANIA. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ON THE BOULEVARD POPE, TODAY IN TIRANA Pilgrims are coming from all over the Balkans Rama publishes the gift for Pope Francis: A cup and from Albania. Dom Gjergj Meta: The prayers of the faithful will be read by a blind man and a Roma girl

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Opinion of the Day By DRITAN HILA What we like to say about our religious tolerance shows that it needs to be reconsidered. After a quarter-century of freedom, Albanians have changed,... Continues on page 12 Our fragile harmony

Opinion of the Day By SILVANA DUSHI With the celebration of the Albanian Government, Pope Francis I is arriving today for a visit to Tirana. The declared purpose of this visit is... Continues on page 21 Martyrs left out of consecration

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The flowerbed by the Rinas overpass is being colored to make it look nicer (In photo:) Workers painting the grass by the Rinas overpass Reportage/ The last hours in “Nënë Tereza” square. Hundreds of believers take their places one night earlier. The altar, a place of pilgrimage By ERMELINDA HOXHAJ Feverish preparations have been underway in the last hours for the Pope’s visit to Albania. The place where the Pope will speak today in the square... On page 2

By DARINA TANUSHI Pilgrims from all over the Balkans arrived last night in Tirana to take part today in Pope Francis’s mass. Thousands of Catholic believers from Kosovo, Croatia and also from other Balkan countries will be present today thanks to the Pope’s address in “Nënë Tereza” square. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Edi Rama revealed last night the gift he will give Pope Francis today at the end of his visit to Albania. Prime Minister Rama will be the first official to receive Pope Francis, upon his arrival at Rinas airport. Then he will meet the President of the Republic and later also the Minister of Interior, Saimir Tahiri, and his collaborators, apart from the meetings and the mass scheduled according to a carefully prepared agenda. Last night, Prime Minister Rama thought to make public, through a photo on social networks, the gift he will give the Pope. It is about... On page 3

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