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To: LarryLied
Well, that is why I am posting these! So some will know and some will care. Too bad they don't get read more...they are truly sad. I still cannot fathom the inhumanity.
9 posted on 06/09/2002 8:35:47 PM PDT by JMJ333
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To: JMJ333
Doubted Albania was the first atheist state but it is true. 174 hits on Albania here:

Google="First Atheist State"

I thought Hungary under Bela Kun or Mongolia in the 1920s might have that distinction. Albania's turning away from God is good ammo to use against secularists.

10 posted on 06/09/2002 8:49:04 PM PDT by LarryLied
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To: Catholic_list; father elijah; nickcarraway; SMEDLEYBUTLER; Siobhan; Lady in Blue...
Persecution of the Church Ping!

The Albanian Church triumphed — at a high price. Of 156 priests before the persecution began, 65 were martyred, 64 died during or after imprisonment. Tens of thousands of common people perished for religious reasons. No people passed through a worse trial in the 20th century.

Pope John Paul II has said: “History has never seen before what happened in Albania. Dear Albanians, your drama must interest the whole European continent: Europe must not forget.”

12 posted on 06/09/2002 10:56:24 PM PDT by Salvation
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