Hoxha’s rule of terror murdered 5,577 men and 450 women in Albania. Communist regimes throughout history have produced their fair share of cults of personality (cue the eponymous 1988 song by Living ...

The faith of the Orthodox community of Albania was certainly embodied in the life of our dear brother,” the pope said in his ...

Half the population of the tiny Western Balkan country identifies as Muslim, with Orthodox and Catholic Christians making up much of the remainder. The Albanian Orthodox Church will elect ...

The Communist government had banned all religious practices and expropriated the property of the established Islamic, Orthodox, Catholic and other religions. According to the 2023 census, Orthodox ...

Francis said, making reference to the 2025 Jubilee. “The friendly relations between the Catholic Church and Albania and the Bektashi community benefit us all, and I am confident that these bonds ...