Posted on 10/05/2016 4:54:16 PM PDT by marshmallow
A statue of St Teresa of Calcutta has been revealed at a New York church in front of a large crowd
Albanian President Bujar Nishani unveiled a statue of St Teresa of Calcutta in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, New York.
Hundreds gathered for the ceremony outside St Athanasius Catholic Church, where the figure of the founder of the Missionaries of Charity cradling a child in her arms has been installed.
St Teresa, often recalled as “a humble daughter of Albania,” was born to an ethnic Albanian family in Skopje in what was then part of the Ottoman Empire and is now part of Macedonia.
“Today is very special,” Nishani said when he addressed the crowd. “Our dear mother, St Teresa, is with us.”
Describing her as a woman of “iron will” and “boundless love,” the Albanian president called her “a saint of hope, of compassion, of unshakable trust in God.”
“Mother Teresa is the most precious gift that the Albanian nation has generously bestowed to all mankind,” he said. “I’m convinced that all of you, and everyone else who lives in Brooklyn, will be inspired and take the example of the life and work of the Albanian saint.”
(Excerpt) Read more at catholicherald.co.uk ...
And to think that not many years ago, Albania was run by Stalinists and the practice of religion was banned.
True, I guess Eastern Europeans know what Liberalism is...
I believe Albania is one of the most pro-American countries in Europe
In a way, there’s a silver lining in that Albania was predominantly Muslim. It’s still pretty much secular today.
“Albania....the only country that was brought down by a chain letter”.....P.J. O’Rourke.
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