In the heart of Europe a highest court under leadership of a former communist slammed shut.

(kreuz.net) the long tradition of the Antiklerikalismus and church pursuit lives in Czech Republic.

Now the Czech state reaches again for the pc. Veits cathedral in Prague.

Over thirteen for years is enough the state refused returning the catholic church robbed by the communist regime.

Last year a Prager court awarded the cathedral finally to the church.

But in February main header the highest Court of Justice of the country this court decision up.


The responsible person judge, František Formánek, is a former of members of the Czech communist party. It already served the communists as a judge.

Now is the St.Veits cathedral - the landmark of the Prager castle - which antiklerikalen state hands out become.

But the archbishop of Prague, Miroslav cardinal Vlk (74) wants not to bend itself:

„The highest Court of Justice said with no word that we should hand the cathedral over. That is only one interpretation of the office of the president “- the cardinal before the daily paper explained `to Mlada fronta Dnes'.

The Czech president Vaclav Klaus (65), who today as politically oriented towards the right gives oneself, can on a long career under the communist regime look back.

On the other hand the current cardinal suffered for many decades from communist church pursuit. It received in the 70's professional ban as a priest and had as window cleaners and employees in archives to work.

The cardinal is the opinion that the litigious matter must come around its cathedral again before the Prager circle court.

Recently the state stationed at least a Czech police officer inside the cathedral.

That is a pure chicanery, so that not only the actual building, but also the inside are handed over to the church to the state, explains the cardinal:

„However the internal equipment of the cathedral always heard the cathedral chapter “.

amadeus: there they are right

the protestant churches do not make that

Tarcisius: Expropriation of the cathedral

Perhaps is a straight stroke of luck?

I wished, which would have country Baden-Wuerttemberg the Freiburger Münster expropriated. That would have ruining the choir area by the there cathedral chapter, from which one could mean in view of such a decision, it exists essentially out präsenil dementen Alt-68ern, prevented.
In the churches, which belong to the state, the postkonziliare Vandalismus did not take place to a large extent.

So long the cathedral further exclusively röm. - kath. Kultus is available: what is it? Well, if the state pays in the future the maintenance, and if a policeman in the cathedral stations actual outstanding, which becomes visitors more decently to take away. And the Klerus is prevented to destroy the equipment.

Jörg Guttenberger, Cologne: Voice of the reason: Expropriation

If two do the same, is not still for a long time the same! In CZ there is not a sufficiently long tradition of church pursuit, in F however. The state is here traditionally religion neutral!

landorganist: @stimme of the reason

Clear answer: It exceeds its horizon!

be correct the reason: could

kindly times someone explain which the problem is here?
How said, do Notre Dame or the wonderful cathedral of rhyme belong also to the state, thus which target?
Nonobisdummschwätzer, you can actually except unreasonable remarks also times which to the topic contribute or exceed your mental horizon?

more mahner: monotonously already, but…

… the enemies of the church , their Mathoden and attacks did not also change