Albania gets religion Resurgence of faith in the formerly communist country is raising fears of foreign influence.

The Catholic cathedral that communists turned into a basketball arena for two decades is now busier than ever, drawing more than 2,000 people to a single Sunday mass. An ornate Albanian Orthodox ch… ...

Home Religion the explainer Inside Albania's planned Muslim microstate Proposal for 'Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order', a Vatican-style enclave, has sparked confusion, praise and heated debate ...

Pope Francis denounced how extremists around the world are “perverting” religion to justify violence as he arrived Sunday in Albania, a Balkan nation where Christians and Muslims endured ...

In Albania, religion was prohibited for half a century under communism. Today, the country is known for its tolerance among Muslims, Catholics and Orthodox Christians.

Albania said on Monday it had postponed for the second time the sale of its power distribution unit DSO to give four potential investors enough time to consider what it said were more attractive ...

Albania is the seventh leading cultivator of cannabis in the world, according to the World Drug Report 2022 from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The report looks at the state of drug ...

Pope Francis drew enthusiastic and prolonged applause when in his homily at mass in Mother Teresa Square in Tirana the capital of Albania attended by some 300 000 ...

Albania’s Orthodox Church on Saturday held an inauguration ceremony for its new Archbishop Joan, who succeeded Archbishop Anastasios following his death in January.

TIRANA, Albania - Pope Francis denounced how extremists around the world are "perverting" religion to justify violence as he arrived Sunday in Albania, a Balkan nation where Christians and Muslims ...

The Albanian Muslim Vatican would remind the world that Islam is far from monolithic and many interpretations of the religion coexist peacefully, as they should.

The Konrad Adenauer Foundation commissioned a study on religious issues. Albania is the only country in the world where religion has ever been banned by law. For nearly a quarter of a century, the ...