The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Pillar and St. Raphael ( es, Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Pilar y San Rafael) is the main

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church building of

Melo, Uruguay Melo () is the capital city of the Cerro Largo Department of north-eastern Uruguay. As of the census of 2011, it is the ninth most populated city of the country. Location It is located at the center of the department, on the intersection of Rout ...

. It is the see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Melo. It is dedicated to the Virgin of the Pillar and the

Archangel Raphael Raphael (, "God has healed"), ''Rəfāʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Răp̄āʾēl''; lit. 'God has healed'; grc, Ραφαήλ, ''Raphaḗl''; cop, ⲣⲁⲫⲁⲏⲗ, ''Rafaêl''; ar, رافائيل, ''Rāfā’īl'', or , ''Isrāfīl''; am, ሩፋ ...

Visit of John Paul II

In 1988, during his second pastoral visit to Uruguay,

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visited this cathedral. This visit inspired the film ''

The Pope's Toilet ''The Pope's Toilet'' ( es, El Baño del Papa) is a 2007 Uruguayan film directed by César Charlone and Enrique Fernandez, starring César Troncoso, Virginia Méndez, and Mario Silva. Plot It is 1988, and Melo, a Uruguayan town on the Brazi ...

'', which received several awards and was Uruguay's submission to the

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for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, although it was not accepted as a nominee.

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Views of the Cathedral

Diocese of Melo

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Visit of John Paul II

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