Eminent Religious Leaders Astounded by Violence Against Christian Heritage

(ERP KIM) “Attacks on these churches and monasteries are attacks on the entire Christian civilization, and the U.S. and the world cannot tolerate such violence,” said Joseph Grieboski. The members of the delegation saw for themselves that five months after the most recent destruction of 30 more churches during the March pogrom, restoration has not even begun on any of the churches despite many promises that the damage done would compensated. The U.S. delegation was kept waiting in front of the gate of the burned ruins of the monastery of Devic for an hour and a half by French KFOR while members supposedly sought authorization for the visit. “If only we had been as enthusiastic in preventing the entry of Albanian extremists on March 17, this holy place would have been saved,” commented a member of the U.S. delegation.