18 minutes agoAFP: Tens <x0ccatolic hidden” were baptized in Kosovo on the day of Pope Francis' death
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)About the time the Vatican announced the death of Pope Francis on Monday, dozens of Muslims were attending an unusual ceremony in Kosovo. They were converting to Catholicism. So wrote the news agency “Agence France-Presse” on Tuesday, April 22nd. At the ceremony, those referred to as [...] were being converted.
At the ceremony were converting to what we wrote as hidden “catelics” or “laramians”, which “was choosing to return openly to the faith of their ancestors, converted centuries ago under Ottoman rule”.
I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen”, Father Fran Kolay, has called to the ceremony at which he welcomed 38 new Catholics between the ages of 7 and 55. Welcome to Church”
The article released on Tuesday also provides data from the latest census in Kosovo. Over 1.6 million people have been declared Muslims in Kosovo 93.5 percent, while as Catholics less than two percent, time.net writes.
Even though there is official data, according to Kolaj there are more than 3,000 citizens who have been converted to Catholicism in his Church “St. Abraham” in Lapusnik, since Kosovo's independence in 2008. “They join the Church with their own free will. It's 100 percent of their choice, the priest said.
On Monday, according to the writing, the church had about 500 people when news of Pope's death was heard. But it was decided to continue with the baptism ceremony. “Even the pope would do the same”, one person was quoted as saying.
The article also says that the conversions have not prompted reactions from the Muslim community in Kosovo “states that boast of religious tolerance and where ethnic affiliation has priority over trust”. /Periscope/
