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Distribution of Catholics in Albania as according to the 1918 census. Data unavailable in the South and East due to political instability. Traditional Catholic woman in Northern Albania. The Catholic Church in Albania (Albanian: Kisha Katolike në Shqipëri) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in ...
The Catholic Church in Albania is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. According to the numbers given by the government in 2011 it was stated that around 10.03% of the religious population is Catholic. [ 6 ]
The US International Religious Freedom Report of 2022 noted that 38% of the population (just over a million people) have a Christian background. [3] The number of Evangelical Protestants in Albania has risen from approximately 8000 in 1998, [4] to approximately 14,000 in the early 2020s. [5]
November 22 is now a commemorative day in Albania, Kosovo and North Macedonia, as well as among the Albanian diaspora, known as Alphabet Day (Albanian: Dita e Alfabetit). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Prior to the Congress, the Albanian language was represented by a combination of six or more [ 3 ] distinct alphabets, plus a number of sub-variants.
Also in Albania only 36.8% of the males are circumcised, with the rate being 46.5% for those from Muslim background even though for Muslims in general it is an almost universal Islamic custom. [42] [43] [44] [45]
The Basilica of Our Lady of Good Counsel (Albanian: Bazilika e Zojës së Këshillit të Mirë) or Kisha e Zojës [1] is a shrine to Mary used by the Roman Catholic community of Shkodër, Albania. At the foot of Rozafa Castle, the church began construction in 1917 under the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Albania during World War I. [2]
On November 3 and 4, 2006, at the new Monastery of St. Vlash in Durrës, there was a special Clergy-Laity Assembly of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania, attended by 257 representatives (including all clergy members). At this Assembly the New Constitution (Statute) of the Church was analyzed and accept unanimously.
Pjetër Budi (1566 – December 1622), was an Albanian Catholic bishop and a prominent Old Albanian author. He is known for his first work "Doktrina e Kërshtenë" (The Christian Doctrine), an Albanian translation of the catechism of Robert Bellarmine, which was published in Rome in 1618. [1]