ISSN 0272-7250
ALBANIAN
CATHOLIC
BULLETIN
Vol.2 No.1 & 2 PUBLISHED PERIODICALLY BY THE ALBANIAN CATHOLIC INFORMATION CENTER 1981
P.O. Box 881, SANTA CLARA, CA 95053, U.S.A.
BULETINI
KATHOLIK
SHQIPTAR
Albania is nestled on the eastern shores
of the Adriatic and Ionian seas between
Yugoslavia and Greece. Her size is about
11,100 square miles. The climate and land
are lite that of central California. The
estimated ranter of Albanians is nearly six
million, but only half live within the physical boundaries. They call themselves
SHQIPTARE "sons of the eagle," and their
land SHQIPERI "eagle's country" In terms
of religious distribution, Albania is 68%
Muslim, 19% Albanian Orthodox and 13%
Roman Catholic. However the present government strictly prohibits its citizens from
exercising their religion in public or
private.