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  • [ June 6, 2026 ] 9 saints and Gaudí inspire faithful as pope’s visit to Spain gets underway News Briefs
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Prague archbishop, German ambassador mark post-WWII massacre

June 4, 2026 Bohumil Petrík 0

During the Diocese of Litoměřice’s Year of Reconciliation, Archbishop Stanislav Přibyl led a pilgrimage and Mass honoring hundreds killed in Czechoslovakia in 1945. […]

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Vatican cardinal returns to native city for beatification of priests killed by communists

June 1, 2026 Bohumil Petrík 1

Cardinal Michael Czerny, whose family fled communism, will preside as two executed priests become the first martyrs of communism beatified in the Czech Republic. […]

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Defending marriage ‘is not against anyone’s dignity,’ Polish bishops say

May 29, 2026 Bohumil Petrík 1

As an EU court presses member states to recognize same-sex “marriages,” Poland’s bishops insist defending marriage takes nothing from anyone’s dignity. […]

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Former Russian Orthodox ‘foreign minister’ freed after Czech drug probe

May 28, 2026 Bohumil Petrík 0

Metropolitan Hilarion, once tipped as successor to Patriarch Kirill, was released without charges after Czech police found an unidentified substance in his vehicle. […]

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Hundreds of churches open doors to all as Europe marks ‘night of churches’

May 25, 2026 Bohumil Petrík 1

The annual ecumenical initiative invites believers and nonbelievers to explore hundreds of churches, chapels, and synagogues across the Czech Republic, Austria, and Slovakia on May 29. […]

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U.S. bishop joins Slovaks honoring blessed bishop tortured by communists

May 13, 2026 Bohumil Petrík 0

Greek Catholic faithful gathered in the birthplace of Blessed Vasiľ Hopko, a bishop imprisoned and tortured under communism in Czechoslovakia, to mark 50 years since his death. […]

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Haitian prime minister meets Pope Leo, inaugurates new Vatican embassy

May 11, 2026 Bohumil Petrík 0

The new embassy of Haiti to the Holy See, inaugurated Sunday near the Vatican walls, marks a deepening of diplomatic ties amid ongoing political crisis in the Caribbean nation. […]

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Czechs turn ‘symbol of division’ into ground for Catholic-Protestant unity

May 11, 2026 Bohumil Petrík 0

The May 8 gatherings, organized by lay groups around a reconciliation cross, mark a shift in how the Czech Republic, one of Europe’s most secular countries, lives with a historic religious wound. […]

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‘Truthful, respectful’: Czech bishop backs Sudeten German gathering in Brno

May 1, 2026 Bohumil Petrík 0

Bishop Pavel Konzbul of Brno, Czech Republic, is backing the late-May gathering despite a public backlash led by former Czech presidents Václav Klaus and Miloš Zeman. […]

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Thousands march for life in Prague amid police restrictions and pro-abortion protests

April 14, 2026 Bohumil Petrík 0

Organizers of the annual pro-life march in the Czech capital say police blocked access to Wenceslas Square and are considering a legal complaint. […]

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