Nikollë Prennushi

Pope to Beatify Victims of Albanian Communism

Published by Balkan Insight on Fri, 04/22/2016 - 08:27

The Catholic Church in Albania on Thursday announced that 38 Christians martyred for their faith in the Communist era will be beatified in Rome this year.

The Albanian Catholics were executed or died in prison between 1944 and 1969, when Enver Hoxha's harsh Communist regime banned all religions and persecuted those who did not abandon their faith.