Minister of State for Relations with the Parliament Elisa Spiropali reminded today the words of Father Liolin, who, according to her, “loved both Albania of its roots and America where he was born”.

“Referring to F. Noli, his spiritual father, Father Liolin asserted that ‘Noli used the bishop’s hat for religious matters, but also the Vatra hat for the national issue.’ These are the lessons that Father Liolin materialized with the passion of the Albanian who did not know how to separate the love for God from that for Albania”, she said.

According to Spiropali, destiny wanted many Albanian religious missionaries, apart from the primary mission of preaching, to deal also with politics due to the urgent need that the Albanian people had when under the dictatorship.

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