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October 16, 2016

Persecuted by communists, 38 Albanians to be beatified

From left to right: Father Lazer Shantoja, Father Giovanni Fausti, Father Anton Zogaj, Father Shtjefen Kurti. These four are among 38 communist-era Albanians to be beatified as martyrs on Nov. 5.

WARSAW, Poland – A priest who was shot for baptizing a child and a religious novice who died after she was tortured in a sack are among 38 Albanians to be beatified as martyrs Nov. 5, doubling the number of Catholics declared blessed from communist rule in Eastern Europe.

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