President holds talks with former Prague archbishop

President Václav Klaus and Cardinal Miloslav Vlk met for talks on Friday, discussing the cardinal's successor, Dominik Duka, who will be inaugurated as the new head of the Czech Catholic Church on Saturday. Other topics included in the discussion was the Prague summit between Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev held on Thursday that saw the signing of a landmark treaty on the reduction of nuclear weapons. The president reportedly discussed the two head-of-states’ interest in St Vitus’ Cathedral, which is a part of the Prague Castle site. Cardinal Vlk was the head of the Catholic Church in the Czech Republic since June 1991. In February of this year, Pope Benedict accepted his resignation and appointed Bishop Duka as his successor. Bishop Duka is the 36th Archbishop of Prague.

Author: Jan Velinger