The General Assembly of the Episcopal Conference held its proceedings Page 2
INTERVIEW/ Catholics “divided,” the head of the Church: The decree will not work “Me, with the strikers? They accused me of being with the UDB, let them come here, not me go there” On pages 14-15
INTERVIEW/ Catholics are “split,” the head of the Church: The decree will not work “Me with the strikers? They accused me of being with the UDB; they should have come here, not me going there” On pages 14-15
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Monsignor Rrok Mirdita: The draft should be revised “Problem with religious symbols, a cross on the chest can be just decoration” Catholics against the new education law: Do not approve it “Problem with religious symbols, a cross on the chest can be just decoration” On page 10
Monsignor Rrok Mirdita: The draft should be reviewed “Problem with religious symbols, a cross on the chest can be just decoration” Catholics against the new education law: Do not approve it “Problem with religious symbols, a cross on the chest can be just decoration” On page 10
Power company: «We can’t do anything» TIRANË — Dark patches have started appearing again in the capital. The automatic shutdowns in the electrical grid — now far too frequent — as well as the compulsory shutdowns by workers of the Electricity Enterprise, have forced many families
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Cerebral hemorrhage, cleric Monsignor Rrok Mirdita passes away ▸ P. 20
CELEBRATIONS IN TIRANA ► Page 18 Christmas, an appeal for generosity and simplicity Rrok Mirdita and Anastasi: Believers, think beyond the crisis
IN MEMORIAM By SHPËTIM IDRIZI On page 20
Opinion of the Day By MOIKOM ZEQO The great Albanian scholar Zef Mirdita closed his eyes at the age of 80 in Zagreb, Croatia. He made wonderful analyses ... Continues on page 20 Zef Mirdita, Christianity and the Albanians
By GJERGJI FRENDO Today’s case reminds me of a day, a little more than ten years ago, when Imzot Rrok Mirdita ordained me bishop. Today I also want to express ... Continues on page 25 I want to be an instrument for promoting harmony
I want to be an instrument for promoting harmony By GJERGJI FRENDO Today's case reminds me of that day, just over ten years ago, when Monsignor Rok Mirdita consecrated me as bishop. Today I want to also express ... Continued on page 25 I want to be an instrument for promoting ha
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“Someone today will ask about harmony between beliefs!” FATOS BAKXHAKU TIRANA — “If you are asking us how we see the coexistence of these two churches or these two faiths that live side by side and even with a shared wall, then that is perhaps the key question, the question to w
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President of the Republic, Sali Berisha, yesterday morning, on the occasion of Easter, paid a visit to the metropolitan archdiocese of Tirana and Durrës. There he congratulated Bishop Rrok Mirdita and all Catholic believers, and conveyed his warmest Easter greetings. During the r