Posts tagged Czech communism
Faint Signs Of Faith Part 2: Churches In Prague Serve As Art And Tourism Sites If Not Houses Of Worship

Almost all of the pieces are religious, taken from churches, basilicas and private chapels. They are echoes of a glorious religious past — one that contrasts with the fact that most of the Czech Republic’s population today is religiously unaffiliated.

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Remembering Noël Choux, the French priest who resisted Soviet communism
Remembering Noël Choux, the French priest who resisted Soviet communism

The French Father Choux helped his colleagues in normalization-period Czechoslovakia, a time following the 1968 Soviet invasion of the country marked by secret police and threats to clergy. He died at age 74 on April 10, after suffering with a neurodegenerative disease.

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