Conversion To Roman Catholicism
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An Albanian Roman Catholic priest called Lush Gjergji, in a statement for Italian media, said that Ibrahim Rugova died a Roman Catholic. Rugova's personal confessor indirectly admitted that he gave confession to the converted former president of Kosovo prior to his death. Gjergji also told the story of Rugova's meeting last week with Cardinal Angelo Scola of Venice.
"The only person whom Rugova wished to receive in the end because of his weakness was Cardinal Angelo Scola. At one point Rugova tried to stand up and kneel before him but he did not succeed. Then he kissed his ring and said, I do this as a sign of devotion to Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI and the Kosovo bishop who died a few days ago. We were all touched by his statement," Don Gjergji said at the end of his eyewitness account.
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