A rare historical document has been made public: Mother Teresa's first letter to former President Ramiz Alia, in which she requested permission to open her House of Sisters in Albania. This letter testifies to the Albanian saint's persistent effort to ensure that her humanitarian mission had a home in her homeland.
In this correspondence, Mother Teresa humbly expresses her desire to bring the help of her Sisters to Albania at that time, still under the communist regime, where opening a religious house was an extraordinary act. The letter shows that, despite ideological obstacles, she insisted on bringing her service to the poorest and most abandoned.
This rare document not only has historical value, but also highlights the contrast between Mother Teresa's mission of love and charity and a regime that had banned religion and religious activity in the country for decades.
