Cathedral of St Joseph, Sofia

The foundation stone of the new cathedral was laid personally by Pope John Paul II during his visit to Bulgaria in 2002.

The cathedral is equipped with body and over the altar stands 7 meter wooden cross of Christ.

This icon is linked to the devotion to the Divine Mercy and the coming of Jesus into the world Faustina Kowalska.

At the entrance is the statue of the Mary (mother of Jesus) in Lourdes in 1858 appeared to St. Bernadette Subiru to be declared as a pure conception.

On the other side of the gate of the cathedral are the statues of some of the most popular saints in the Catholic Church - St. Therese of the Child Jesus, Carmelite barefoot and St Anton from Padua Franciscan.