When I met the 80-year-old Berisha recently at the Albanian Democratic Party headquarters in Tirana, the similarities with ...

In a message to the Orthodox Church of Albania, Pope Francis expresses his condolences following the passing of Archbishop ...

Hoxha’s rule of terror murdered 5,577 men and 450 women in Albania. Communist regimes throughout history have produced their fair share of cults of personality (cue the eponymous 1988 song by Living ...

The faith of the Orthodox community of Albania was certainly embodied in the life of our dear brother,” the pope said in his ...

The funeral of Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durrës, and All Albania was held in Tirana, with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presiding over the ceremony. Dignitaries from Greece and Albania, ...

Archbishop Anastasios, who has passed away after almost 33 years as Primate, rebuilt hundreds of churches and schools, had a canny eye for business – and did his best to stay out of nationalist ...

Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital to pay their last respects to Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s ...

The funeral service was attended by Orthodox patriarchs, archbishops, ecclesiastical delegations, representatives of the Vatican etc ...

Here are some key religious highlights for 2025. January 6th, 2025 at 10:33 am (Europe\Rome). Updated January 6th, 2025 at 10:52 am (Europe\Rome) The Jubilee Year 2025 officially began with Pope ...

Zara Mohammed tells BBC the difficulties she faced as she ends her time as Muslim Council of Britain leader. Reverend Robyn Golden-Hann now serves at St. Aldhelm's Church in Poole, Dorset. The ...

Support for religious liberty among Americans grew over the past year in most categories, according to the 2024 Religious Freedom Index survey from the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty ...

A standard address by the pope when meeting with members of another religious community, most would think. But the headline in Albania was: “The POPE, face to face with Baba Mondi [the name ...