Stranica 3 [3]
OCR
“SaAeTe July Bae ~ page three = It will cover the whole Mediterrannean area as far as Morocco and wil. not belong to the Albanian State, but to the revived Mohammedan Chureh under Enver Hoxha, Its sole aim will be to preach the new Noharmedaniam of Soviet vintage and a new synthesis between the Oran and Staliniomg a propaganda weapon whose potentia= títtas and impact it would be folly to underestimate. : The Orthodox Church, a small minority group, has entirely sutmitted to Patriarch Alexei and is therefore nothing but a branch of the official Moscow Chureh, cooperating like the latter with = the cormovunistie rerime. j The Cetholie element is in opposition, Growping appro. 160,660 faithful, it lives mostly in the East of the countrys : Oppression has been fiserees Arehbishop Nicolas Prennuchi of Durr the only Albanian Catholic bishop still alive, is in jail, havi pean senteneed to 20 years in son, Two %ttsterpmrs prelates e" Bishop Francis Gjini of Olessio and Bishop Geppge Volaj of Sappa were actually exeeuteds the others died in prison or persecutiong: Over 700 members of the elargy have been killed or jailed. According to very recent reports, only 30 Catholic priests, all old and siek, remain in the whole country. Having thus dispoiled the faithful of their leaders, the government has now granted a statuB
