枢机主教欧内斯特·西米尼在蒂冈会见第十四世列王,分享阿尔巴尼亚烈士的遗物. Cardinal Ernest Simoni meets Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican to share relics of Albanian martyrs.

卡迪纳尔·欧内斯特·西米尼是一位97岁的阿尔巴尼亚神父,因在共产主义政权下忍受了18年的监禁和强迫劳动而被称为"活生生的殉道者",他在4月26日在蒂冈私下会见教皇列昂十四世. Cardinal Ernest Simoni, a 97-year-old Albanian priest known as a "living martyr" for enduring 18 years in prison and forced labor under a communist regime, met privately with Pope Leo XIV on April 26 at the Vatican. 塞米尼在1956年被任命为神职, 在监禁期间秘密用拉丁语举行弥撒礼拜, 并继续隐秘地宣教直到1990年政权倒台. Ordained in 1956, Simoni secretly celebrated Mass in Latin during imprisonment and continued his ministry clandestinely until the regime fell in 1990. 2016年,教皇方济各提升他为枢机. In 2016, Pope Francis elevated him to the cardinalate. 在听证会上,他向教皇赠送了一座十字架和阿尔巴尼亚烈士的遗物,强调他们为信仰和人民的救赎而牺牲. During the audience, he presented the pope with a cross and relics of Albanian martyrs, emphasizing their sacrifice for faith and the salvation of their people.