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Albanian Catholic Bulletin Buletini Katholik Shqiptar ISSN 0272j-72J?v, ALBANIAN ', CATHOLIC BULLETIN ! w«l 0 TO~ i t 0 PUBLISHED PERIODICALLY BY THE ALBANIAN CATHOLIC INFORMATION CENTER i q o i .; VOX.^ JNO.l fe z pQ^ BW QQli SANTA CLARA/ CA 95Q53f U.S.A. Albania is nestled on the eastern shores of the Adriatic and Ionian seas between Yugoslavia and Greece. Her size is about 11,100 square miles. The climate and land are lite that of central California. The estimated ranter of Albanians is nearly six million, but only half live within the phy­ ! BULETINI sical boundaries. They call themselves u SHQIPTAHE "sons of the eagle," and their land SHQIPERI "eagle's country" In terms of religious distribution, Albania is 68% Muslim, 19% Albanian Orthodox and 13% KATHOLIK Roman Catholic. 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CD 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS LETTERS 1 EDITORIAL 6 THIRTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR MARTYRDOM 7 POPE JOHN PAUL II AND ALBANIA 8 THE "MARXIST MONKS" OF ALBANIA ATTACK THE POPE 9 BISHOP COBA: ANOTHER MARTYR OF THE ALBANIAN CHURCH 10 OUR REPRESENTATIVE MEETS WITH ARCHBISHOP JOHN R. QUINN 11 FRENCH TV AIRS LENGTHY PROGRAM ON ALBANIA 12 BISHOPS' CONFERENCE OF FRANCE SUPPORTS OUR PLIGHT 12 EUROPEAN BISHOPS' CONFERENCE DISCUSSES RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN ALBANIA 13 THE ORTHODOX CHURCH IN AMERICA DEFENDS THE WRITER ADEM DEMACI 14 U.S. BISHOPS' CONFERENCE STALLS ON STRONG STATEMENT ABOUT ALBANIAN PERSECUTION 14 ALBANIAN PROGRAM OF VATICAN RADIO CELEBRATES 30th ANNIVERSARY 15 PRISHTINA TV AIRS ANTIRELIGIOUS PROGRAM 15 75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHURCH IN STUBLA (KOSOVA) 16 CARITAS INTERNATIONAL AIDS CHURCHES STRUCK BY EARTHQUAKE NEAR ALBANIAN BORDER 17 CARDINAL ROSSI VISITS THE ANCIENT ARCHDIOCESE OF TIVAR 17 THE MARTYR OF THE EUCHARIST, SAINT TARSICIUS 18 JANICE BROUN ON THE PLIGHT OF CHRISTIANS IN ALBANIA 20 PIERRE Du MAINE, TITULAR OF SARDA—FIRST BISHOP OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 21 POPE JOHN PAUL'S VISION: A JUST, NON-VIOLENT WORLD 22 NOBEL LAUREATE CALLS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 23 A CHRISTIAN VISION OF A UNITED EUROPE 25 STATEMENT OF THE BISHOPS OF ENGLAND AND WALES 27 YUGOSLAV CHURCH—STATE RELATIONS IN CRISIS 28 POPE JOHN PAUL TO VISIT YUGOSLAVIA 28 ALBANIAN COMMUNISTS CONDEMN POLAND FOR CONCESSION ON UNIONS 30 ALBANIA ANALYZES EVENTS IN POLAND 31 ALBANIAN PRESS HITS VATICAN 32 MOTHER TERESA'S 70th BIRTHDAY 34 MOTHER TERESA: A LIVING SAINT 36 THE CHILDHOOD OF MOTHER TERESA 38 THE WORLD OF MOTHER TERESA 41 PERSECUTION OF ALBANIAN NATIONALS IN YUGOSLAVIA CONTINUES 43 "DER SPIEGEL" ON KOSOVA 44 MEMORANDUM ON THE SITUATION OF THE ALBANIANS IN YUGOSLAVIA 45 DEMONSTRATIONS BY ALBANIANS IN YUGOSLAVIA 49 HARSH SUPPRESSION OF KOSOVA DEMONSTRATIONS BREEDS CLASH BETWEEN YUGOSLAV AND ALBANIAN PRESS 50 ALBANIANS IN U.S. PROTEST YUGOSLAV REPRESSION IN KOSOVA 51 VATRA SPEAKS ON BEHALF OF KOSOVARS 53 ALBANIA AT THE CROSSROADS 54 CYRUS VANCE SYMPATHETIC TO ALBANIAN TIES 55 U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT MISLEADING 56 ALBANIAN COMMUNITY IN EUROPE PARTICIPATES IN THE "FEAST OF LIBERTY" 57 A HONEYMOON IN ALBANIA 59 BRINGING UP PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN IN ALBANIA 61 ARBERESH PEOPLE—IN ITALY AND AMERICA 63 ARBERESH—INSTRUMENTAL IN PRESERVING THE BYZANTINE RITE IN ITALY 64 THE ARBERESH: UNDYING LOVE FOR ALBANIA 65 GJON MILI WEAVES POETRY AND ENGINEERING INTO PHOTOGRAPHS THAT SPAN A HALF CENTURY 67 THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ALBANIAN LINGUIST EQREM CABEJ DIES 69 ANOTHER FRIEND OF THE ALBANIAN PEOPLE DIES UNEXPECTEDLY 72 REMEMBERING FATHER GJERGJ FISHTA, THE ALBANIAN NATIONAL POET ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 110th ANNIVERSARY .' 73 BOOK REVIEWS 82 ALBANIAN NATIONALISM AND SOCIALISM IN THE FICTION OF ISMAIL KADARE 87 THE ALBANIANS IN THE EYES OF HISTORIANS 90 WORLD CONGRESS FOR A FREE RUSSIA 91 MOZAICS 92 WE ACKNOWLEDGE WITH SPECIAL THANKS: Tennant C. Wright, S.J.; Pjeter Pal Vani; Zef V. Nekaj; Regina Maag; Karl Patzelt, S.J. and Julio Fernandez for their support and help in making this issue possible. WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE CONTRIBUTIONS SUPPORTING OUR WORK, PARTICULARLY: Mepkin Abbey Don Banas Dr. Rexhep Krasniqi Patricia Newton Ann Meridier Arthur and Agnes Richter Rina Kreuel OPEN DOORS with Brother Andrew. OUR GRATITUDE TO YOU ALL AND OTHERS WHOSE INTEREST AND PRAYERS ARE CLOSE TO OUR HEART. MAY OUR LORD SMILE ON YOU AND YOUR DEAR ONES. Tetters Dear Editor, I became interested in the martyrs of Albania in 1976. The Jesuits in Rome would send out periodically a review of Jesuit happenings throughout the world. I saved one page of the spring issue of the review. The enclosed is a copy of the page, giving some of the details of the persecution of Fr. Karma. Our Lord will certainly have a great reward for the Christians in that country for holding onto their Faith despite persecution, and even death. How surprising it is that all the talk of freedom, but nothing is said of Albania. May God bless you in your effort to inform the world. Fr. Joseph S. Haller, S.J. Leavenworth, Kansas Retyped copy of the enclosure in Father Haller's letter. ALBANIA; DEATH COMES TO A MISSION The death of Fr. Karma deserves mention not only because of who he was and what he did during his life as a Jesuit.
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