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The results of the Census worry the Catholic Church: The emigrants are more than 410,000 Albanians!

2024-07-08 12:30:26Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

The results of the Census worry the Catholic Church: The emigrants are more than

The Catholic Church, through a statement to the media, has expressed concern about the results of the Census 2023 and the effects that the decline in population will have on the community.

According to the results of the Census, the number of Catholic believers in Albania compared to the population measurement carried out in 2011, has decreased from 10% to 8.4%.

The Catholic Church underlines that the shrinking of believers is a phenomenon they are aware of, as it is related to mass emigration mainly from the Northern areas of the country.

"As far as the number of Catholics is concerned, we can say that we do not have the elements at hand to judge whether this is actually the number of Catholics in Albania. The general shrinking of the population has also led to the shrinking of Catholics and their flight to Western countries, mainly in Europe and North America. In these years, we, as a Catholic community, have not conducted population censuses. Therefore, we also have a commitment to carry out this Census in our dioceses and parishes to know, although roughly, but realistically, the number of Catholics in the territory."

However, the Catholic Church also underlines that the number of those who left Albania during the 13 years is greater than the figure of 410,000 calculated by INSTAT.

" We think the number is higher than that. It is a phenomenon that we as the Catholic Church have felt and expressed from time to time, due to our capillary presence in the territory of Albania. It is a phenomenon that we as the Catholic Church have felt and expressed from time to time, due to our capillary presence in the territory of Albania. We have witnessed the mass departure of Albanian families outside of Albania and we experience this wound every day. This is linked to a second concern that the statistics show: the shrinking of the young and working age. This brings consequences in the development of society and especially in the spiritual and economic well-being of Albanian families. This contraction reduces the number of marriages and new families that are a guarantee for the birth and education of children, as the basic duties of marriage and the family and that guarantee the continuity not only numerically, but also qualitatively of the society. The departure of young people is the absence of an asset that impoverishes Albania ."


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