#MotherTeresa couldn't carry out conversions in her homeland of Albania, because of its Muslim majority and hardcore secularism, upgraded in 1967 to state atheism - all public practice of religion was banned, with the slogan, "the only religion of the Albanians is Albanianism."
https://twitter.com/tinabali22/status/1298693202476662790
"Many clergy and believers were tried, tortured, and executed, and all foreign Roman Catholic priests, monks, and nuns were expelled.
Between 1945 and 1953, the number of Roman Catholic churches was decreased from 253 to 100, and all Catholics were stigmatized as fascists."
Between 1945 and 1953, the number of Roman Catholic churches was decreased from 253 to 100, and all Catholics were stigmatized as fascists."
"All churches, mosques, monasteries, and other religious institutions were either closed down or converted into warehouses, gymnasiums, or workshops by the end of 1967.
Religious institutions had been forced to relinquish all 2,169 churches, mosques, cloisters, and shrines."
Religious institutions had been forced to relinquish all 2,169 churches, mosques, cloisters, and shrines."
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