eyres in the capital tirana.s he chose albania for a visit for his first european trip outside of italy so as to show support for a country that is currently struggling with poverty. it's a short visit, and the pope's schedule is packed. isn't it always? with more details on his message, cnn's vatican analyst delia gallagher joins us live from our rome bureau. delia? >> reporter: hello, natalie. as you say, very quick one-day visit for pope francis. he will be back in rome this evening. and a very interesting choice of albania. the first european country that the pope is visiting. he's not starting in britain. he's not starting in germany. or any of the powerhouses of europe. he's going to albania. why? two reasons, the pope says. one, it is a majority muslim country. there's some 56% of albanians who are muslim. 15% catholic. about 6% orthodox christian. and the pope says this is an example of a country where these three religions are living together, working together, and governing peacefully. obviously today a

on the main street of tirana there are poster size pictures of those martyrs and the pope wants to honorry of those people and encourage people in the rebirth for the last 25 years. they had the dictatorship right up until 1991. so in its rebirth of religious freedom, christianity. that's another reason why the pope chose albania. it is the first european country that the pope is visiting and an interesting choice that he's not going first to brittain or to france or to germany. and i think another part of the reason for that is the pope kind of general theme of reaching out to people on the fringes, of remembering the less powerful, the less rich and so on. and this is one of the reasons why he's chosen albania. natalie? >> and as he speaks to the crowd there, we know there have been some certain issues about security of the pope because of a comment made about a visiting iraqi there in rome, but no special precautions were taken for his security there in albania and that's the way he wanted it. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: security has been a big question. obviously it