{"id":25035,"date":"2017-10-09T08:13:27","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T08:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=25035"},"modified":"2017-10-09T08:13:27","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T08:13:27","slug":"albania-consecration-worlds-first-cathedral-dedicated-mother-teresa-maria-lozano-acn-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/10\/09\/albania-consecration-worlds-first-cathedral-dedicated-mother-teresa-maria-lozano-acn-international\/","title":{"rendered":"ALBANIA Consecration of world\u2019s first cathedral dedicated to Mother Teresa &#8211; Maria Lozano \u2013 ACN International"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>ALBANIA<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Consecration of world\u2019s first cathedral dedicated to Mother Teresa <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Twenty years after the death of St. Teresa of Calcutta thousands of Christians and Muslims came together to celebrate the consecration of the Roman Catholic Co-cathedral in Pristina. St. Teresa Cathedral is the only one in the world dedicated to the Albanian saint. The consecration, which took place on the first anniversary of Mother Teresa\u2019s canonization, was not just an inauguration, but also an ecumenical and interreligious event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Cathedral\u2019s cornerstone was laid in August 2005 by the now deceased first President of Kosovo, Ibrahim Rugova. The construction itself began in 2007. The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has helped with a total of 1.4 million \u20ac towards the construction of the Co-cathedral in different phases of the project (2007, 2009, 2014 and 2016). Bishop Dode Gjergji thanks the Catholic charity: \u201cWe embarked upon this project trusting in God\u2019s providence, the strength of our nation and the contributions of our people. We thought the construction would take decades. Aid to the Church in Need has been the greatest support in this project. Thank you for the good cooperation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On behalf of ACN\u2019s International President, Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, the international Spiritual Assistant, Father Martin Barta, said in his speech: \u201cI am deeply pleased that the Pontifical Foundation Aid to the Church in Need has actively contributed to building this Co-cathedral.\u00a0 St. Teresa of Calcutta, please pray for us all, children of God; pray so that on this land &#8211; too long bathed by blood and tears, wounded by violence &#8211; this church bearing your name may be a space of pure prayer, encounter, dialogue, and respect.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Although the Holy See still does not recognize Kosovo\u2019s 2008 independence from Serbia, Pope Francis appointed 88-year-old Cardinal Ernest Simoni as his special envoy to lead the ceremony. Simoni, an Albanian priest, survived nearly 30 years of torture while in labour camps and was twice sentenced to death under the communist dictatorship of Enver Hoxha.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bishops of the Albanian and Serbian Orthodox Churches, as well as authorities of various Islamic religious communities, attended the ceremony because, even if the Catholic community is a minority in this predominantly Muslim country, they still enjoy significant respect and authority. Albanian Muslims view Catholics and their priests as the safeguards of Albanian identity and history. The Kosovan political powers endowed the Catholic Church in Kosovo with special recognition when they approved the building of the Cathedral of Mother Teresa in Pristina, the capital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A few years ago, the former acting Chairman of the Assembly of Kosovo, Jakup Krasniqi, said that the reason behind the political support for the project was the unique role that the Church plays in their culture and national identity. The earliest written documents in the Albanian language \u2013 for example, the Baptismal formula and the Scriptures \u2013 come from the Catholic Church. This, according to Kraniqi, is the reason why the two faiths \u2013 Islam and Christianity &#8211; have lived here side by side, something unique to this area of the Balkans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Maria Lozano \u2013 ACN International<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALBANIA Consecration of world\u2019s first cathedral dedicated to Mother Teresa &nbsp; Twenty years after the death of St. Teresa of Calcutta thousands of Christians and Muslims came together to celebrate the consecration of the Roman Catholic Co-cathedral in Pristina. St. Teresa Cathedral is the only one in the world dedicated to the Albanian saint. 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