THE 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 from Albania. Dom Gjergj Meta: The prayers of the faithful will be read by a blind man and a Roma girl

“IF THEY DON’T SUPPORT ME, I WILL UNDERSTAND” Arben Malaj runs for the Bank of Albania Council: I want to serve On page 4

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

Opinion of the Day By SILVANA DUSHI With the Albanian Government’s celebration, Pope Francis comes today for a visit to Tirana. The stated purpose of this visit is... Continued on page 21 The martyrs left out of the consecration

The flowerbed by the Rinas overpass is colored to look nicer (In the photo:) Workers painting the grass at the Rinas overpass Reportage/ The last hours in “Nënë Tereza” Square. Hundreds of faithful take their places a night early. The altar, a place of pilgrimage By ERMELINDA HOXHAJ Feverish preparations have been underway in the last hours on the occasion of 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’ mass. Thousands of Catholic believers from Kosovo, Croatia, and also from other Balkan countries will take part today in the Pope’s mass in “Nënë Tereza” Square. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Edi Rama decorated last night the gift that he will give today to Pope Francis, at the end of his visit to Albania. Prime Minister Rama will be the first dignitary to greet Pope Francis upon his arrival at Rinas airport. Then he will meet the President of the Republic and later also the Minister of the Interior, Saimir Tahiri, and his collaborators, in addition to the meetings and the mass scheduled according to a well-planned agenda. Last night, Prime Minister Rama decided to make public, through a photo on social networks, the gift he will later give to the Holy Father. It is about... On page 3

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