<P> Regina Mundi (Latin for "Queen of the World"), designed by architect Anthony Noel Errol Slaven, is the largest Roman Catholic church in South Africa . It is located in Rockville, Soweto, a populous black urban residential area within the city of Johannesburg . Due to the role it played as a place of gathering for the people of Soweto in the years before, during, and after the anti-apartheid struggle, it is often referred to as "the people's church" or "the people's cathedral". In 1997, President Nelson Mandela established 30 November as "Regina Mundi Day" to honour the church . </P> <P> The church is located in the middle of Soweto, in Rockville, in the neighbourhood of Moroka; it was built in 1964, replacing Moroka's former parish church . While the A-shaped exterior of the building is quite ordinary in design, its main feature is the vast interior, that can accommodate as many as 5000 - 7000 people . The stained - glass windows are decorated with scenes of Mary's life and were donated by Poland in 1998 . </P>

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