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Don’t expect the EU Iron Curtain to crack if Czechs change same-sex marriage law

June 16, 2022

A cultural Iron Curtain now very much divides the two halves of the EU. To the west, are the more progressive, ethnically diverse and secular states of western Europe. To the east, are the more traditionalist, more homogenous and largely re-Christianising former communist states. Slightly shocking perhaps to some then that the conservative and historically

‘A martyr who died laughing’: Cause of priest imprisoned by Nazis and communists advances

January 07, 2021

Fr. Adolf Kajpr was a Jesuit priest and journalist who was imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp after publishing Catholic magazines critical of the Nazis. Five years after his liberation from Dachau, Kajpr was arrested by Communist authorities in Prague and sentenced to 12 years in a gulag for writing “seditious” articles.

Morning Catholic must-reads: 17/04/17

April 17, 2017

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Czech cardinal who washed windows and defied communist regime dies at 84

March 21, 2017

Pope Francis has paid tribute to Cardinal Miloslav Vlk's 'tenacious fidelity to Christ despite privation and persecution'

‘I sat with John Paul as Communism crumbled’

March 27, 2014

Ed West talks to the man who has has joined Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama, and Billy Graham on the list of Templeton Prize winners

Mgr Tomas Halik is a deserving winner of the Templeton Prize

March 17, 2014

Like John Paul II, he was ordained in secret and lived and worked under Communism for many years

Today’s Catholic must-reads: 11/01/12

January 11, 2012

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Archbishop: every Czech should honour Václav Havel

December 21, 2011

Archbishop of Prague pays tribute to 'friend and fellow prisoner' who led Czech Republic for 10 years

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