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Czech cardinal who resisted communism mourned

Church leaders praise ‘a spiritual leader of a zealous, even combative nature’

Luke Coppen
Nov 04, 2025
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Catholic leaders in Central Europe paid tribute Tuesday to an outspoken Czech cardinal who was jailed under communism and helped to rebuild the Church after the collapse of the Soviet bloc.

Cardinal Dominik Duka, pictured in 2012. Petr Šálek/Prague archdiocese/wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cardinal Dominik Duka, O.P., who led the Prague archdiocese from 2010 to…

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