Tirana (Fides Service) - To mark the return to Albania ten years ago of the Opera Don Orione (1992-2002), the local Church is organising a series of events in different towns: Elbasan, Tirana, Scutari, Durazzo. Bishop Hil Kabashi, Apostolic Administrator of southern Albania, underlines that these ten years have been a return for the Orionini pastoral workers because before the outbreak of the Second World War they were present in various parts of the country with various charitable undertakings. Since the fall of the Communist regime in 1991, members of over 100 different religious institutes have helped to build a new Albania and many of these were present before World War II. The Orionini run Villages of Hope, as well as assisting in parish pastoral work and evangelisation. (Fides Service 23/10/2002)