▁However , ▁when ▁this ▁effort ▁failed ▁to ▁exp el ▁Ott oman ▁rule ▁from ▁the ▁area ▁yet ▁again , ▁many ▁of ▁Kos ovo ' s ▁C athol ics ▁fled ▁to ▁Hung ary . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 0 0 , ▁the ▁Pap acy ▁passed ▁to ▁Pope ▁Clement ▁XI , ▁who ▁was ▁himself ▁of ▁Alban ian - Ital ian ▁orig ins ▁and ▁held ▁great ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁w elf are ▁of ▁his ▁Catholic ▁Alban ian ▁k ins men , ▁known ▁for ▁compos ing ▁the ▁Il ly ric um ▁sac rum . ▁In ▁ 1 7 0 3 ▁he ▁conven ed ▁the ▁Alban ian ▁Council ▁( K uv endi ▁i ▁Ar b ë nit ) ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁organ ize ▁methods ▁to ▁prevent ▁further ▁apost acy ▁in ▁Alban ia , ▁and ▁preserve ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁Catholic ism ▁in ▁the ▁land . ▁The ▁w ides p read ▁surv ival ▁of ▁Catholic ism ▁in ▁northern ▁Alban ia ▁is ▁largely ▁att rib utable ▁to ▁the ▁activity ▁of ▁the ▁Francis can ▁order ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁Catholic ism ▁and ▁Sun ni ▁Islam , ▁there ▁were ▁po ckets ▁of ▁Orth odox ▁( some ▁of ▁whom ▁had ▁converted ▁from ▁Catholic ism ) ▁in ▁K ava j ë , ▁D urr ë s , ▁Upper ▁Re ka ▁and ▁some ▁other ▁regions , ▁while ▁Be kt ash is ▁became ▁established ▁in ▁Kru ja , ▁L uma , ▁Bul q iza , ▁T et ova , ▁and ▁G jak ova . ▁Es pecially ▁in ▁the ▁trib al ▁regions ▁of ▁the ▁North