A Peace Nobelist of Albanian descent, Mother Teresa was a Roman Catholic nun and missionary. Sculpted in bronze, the Mother Teresa statue was unveiled in Pristina’s main square named after her in 2002. The statue was sculpted by a trio of sculptors Vasiljev Nini, Sadik Spahiu and Vasil Raka and commissioned by the Gojçaj brothers, New York-based Albanian diaspora. The statue deploys Christian iconography and is meant to communicate Mother Teresa’s weltschmerz, while the figure of the child emerging from her drapery represents the less fortunate of the world. Upon abandoning the Sisters of Loreto order, Mother Teresa was known for her universalism, becoming the mother of the world who dedicated herself entirely to the poor and served in Calcutta, India most of her life.