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Jan Palach and Josef Toufar Memorial, former Boruvka sanatorium, street art

Jan Palach and Josef Toufar Memorial, former Boruvka sanatorium, street art

The Jan Palach and Josef Toufar Memorial by designer Otakar Dusek on former Boruvka sanatorium, the house where Jan Palach, Czech student who immolated himself in 1969 in protest against Soviet occupation, died and the Catholic priest Josef Toufar (1902-1950) was killed by the communist secret police (StB), in Legerova street, Prague, Czech Republic, January 29, 2014. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Jan Palach and Josef Toufar Memorial, former Boruvka sanatorium, street art

Jan Palach and Josef Toufar Memorial, former Boruvka sanatorium, street art

The Jan Palach and Josef Toufar Memorial by designer Otakar Dusek on former Boruvka sanatorium, the house where Jan Palach, Czech student who immolated himself in 1969 in protest against Soviet occupation, died and the Catholic priest Josef Toufar (1902-1950) was killed by the communist secret police (StB), in Legerova street, Prague, Czech Republic, January 29, 2014. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Jan Palach and Josef Toufar Memorial, former Boruvka sanatorium, street art

Jan Palach and Josef Toufar Memorial, former Boruvka sanatorium, street art

The Jan Palach and Josef Toufar Memorial by designer Otakar Dusek on former Boruvka sanatorium, the house where Jan Palach, Czech student who immolated himself in 1969 in protest against Soviet occupation, died and the Catholic priest Josef Toufar (1902-1950) was killed by the communist secret police (StB), in Legerova street, Prague, Czech Republic, January 29, 2014. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Jan Palach and Josef Toufar Memorial, former Boruvka sanatorium, street art

Jan Palach and Josef Toufar Memorial, former Boruvka sanatorium, street art

The Jan Palach and Josef Toufar Memorial by designer Otakar Dusek on former Boruvka sanatorium, the house where Jan Palach, Czech student who immolated himself in 1969 in protest against Soviet occupation, died and the Catholic priest Josef Toufar (1902-1950) was killed by the communist secret police (StB), in Legerova street, Prague, Czech Republic, January 29, 2014. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Commemorative event Candle for Toufar and concert in memory of Catholic priest Josef Toufar

Commemorative event Candle for Toufar and concert in memory of Catholic priest Josef Toufar

Commemorative event Candle for Toufar and concert in memory of Catholic priest Josef Toufar (1902-1950) who was killed by the communist secret police (StB), concert broadcast in synchronised way from four churches, took place in former Boruvka sanatorium, the house where the priest Josef Toufar and Jan Palach died, in Legerova street, Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Commemorative event Candle for Toufar and concert in memory of Catholic priest Josef Toufar

Commemorative event Candle for Toufar and concert in memory of Catholic priest Josef Toufar

Commemorative event Candle for Toufar and concert in memory of Catholic priest Josef Toufar (1902-1950) who was killed by the communist secret police (StB), concert broadcast in synchronised way from four churches, took place in former Boruvka sanatorium, the house where the priest Josef Toufar and Jan Palach died, in Legerova street, Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Commemorative portrait in memory of Catholic priest Josef Toufar

Commemorative portrait in memory of Catholic priest Josef Toufar

A piety in memory of Catholic priest Josef Toufar (1902-1950), who was killed by the communist secret police (StB), in St Peter and Paul Church in Melnik, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. (CTK Photo/Vit Cerny)

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Commemorative event Candle for Toufar and concert in memory of Catholic priest Josef Toufar

Commemorative event Candle for Toufar and concert in memory of Catholic priest Josef Toufar

Commemorative event Candle for Toufar and concert in memory of Catholic priest Josef Toufar (1902-1950) who was killed by the communist secret police (StB), concert broadcast in synchronised way from four churches, took place in former Boruvka sanatorium, the house where the priest Josef Toufar and Jan Palach died, in Legerova street, Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Commemorative event Candle for Toufar and concert in memory of Catholic priest Josef Toufar

Commemorative event Candle for Toufar and concert in memory of Catholic priest Josef Toufar

Commemorative event Candle for Toufar and concert in memory of Catholic priest Josef Toufar (1902-1950) who was killed by the communist secret police (StB), concert broadcast in synchronised way from four churches, took place in former Boruvka sanatorium, the house where the priest Josef Toufar and Jan Palach died, in Legerova street, Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Commemorative portrait in memory of Catholic priest Josef Toufar

Commemorative portrait in memory of Catholic priest Josef Toufar

A piety in memory of Catholic priest Josef Toufar (1902-1950), who was killed by the communist secret police (StB), in St Peter and Paul Church in Melnik, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. (CTK Photo/Vit Cerny)

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Commemorative portrait in memory of Catholic priest Josef Toufar

Commemorative portrait in memory of Catholic priest Josef Toufar

A piety in memory of Catholic priest Josef Toufar (1902-1950), who was killed by the communist secret police (StB), in St Peter and Paul Church in Melnik, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. (CTK Photo/Vit Cerny)

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Commemorative event Candle for Toufar and concert in memory of Catholic priest Josef Toufar

Commemorative event Candle for Toufar and concert in memory of Catholic priest Josef Toufar

Commemorative event Candle for Toufar and concert in memory of Catholic priest Josef Toufar (1902-1950) who was killed by the communist secret police (StB), concert broadcast in synchronised way from four churches, took place in former Boruvka sanatorium, the house where the priest Josef Toufar and Jan Palach died, in Legerova street, Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Commemorative event Candle for Toufar and concert in memory of Catholic priest Josef Toufar

Commemorative event Candle for Toufar and concert in memory of Catholic priest Josef Toufar

MP and Mayor of Prague 2 Jana Cernochova (ODS) attends the commemorative event Candle for Toufar and concert in memory of Catholic priest Josef Toufar (1902-1950) who was killed by the communist secret police (StB), concert broadcast in synchronised way from four churches, took place in former Boruvka sanatorium, the house where the priest Josef Toufar and Jan Palach died, in Legerova street, Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Commemorative event Candle for Toufar and concert in memory of Catholic priest Josef Toufar

Commemorative event Candle for Toufar and concert in memory of Catholic priest Josef Toufar

Commemorative event Candle for Toufar and concert in memory of Catholic priest Josef Toufar (1902-1950) who was killed by the communist secret police (StB), concert broadcast in synchronised way from four churches, took place in former Boruvka sanatorium, the house where the priest Josef Toufar and Jan Palach died, in Legerova street, Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Jan Palach and Josef Toufar Memorial, former Boruvka sanatorium, street art

Jan Palach and Josef Toufar Memorial, former Boruvka sanatorium, street art

The Jan Palach and Josef Toufar Memorial by designer Otakar Dusek on former Boruvka sanatorium, the house where Jan Palach, Czech student who immolated himself in 1969 in protest against Soviet occupation, died and the Catholic priest Josef Toufar (1902-1950) was killed by the communist secret police (StB), in Legerova street, Prague, Czech Republic, January 29, 2014. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Conference, mass commemorates priest tortured by Communists in Zeliv

Conference, mass commemorates priest tortured by Communists in Zeliv

Hradec Kralove Bishop Jan Vokal, not on the photo, celebrates a mass in memory of the victims of the Communist tyranny in the monastery in Zeliv, Czech Republic, February 22, 2020, within a two-day conference on Czech Catholic priest Josef Toufar (1902-1950), who was killed by the communist secret police (StB). Toufar, who served in Cihost, was investigated by the StB in connection with the Cihost miracle in December 1949 when a cross standing on the main altar of the local church moved several times during his sermon. The Communist regime used the event as a pretext to persecute the Catholic Church. In April 2013, the Czech Bishops' Conference gave consent to Toufar's beatification. However, the process is at the beginning and may last decades. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Conference, mass commemorates priest tortured by Communists in Zeliv

Conference, mass commemorates priest tortured by Communists in Zeliv

Hradec Kralove Bishop Jan Vokal, right, celebrates a mass in memory of the victims of the Communist tyranny in the monastery in Zeliv, Czech Republic, February 22, 2020, within a two-day conference on Czech Catholic priest Josef Toufar (1902-1950), who was killed by the communist secret police (StB). Toufar, who served in Cihost, was investigated by the StB in connection with the Cihost miracle in December 1949 when a cross standing on the main altar of the local church moved several times during his sermon. The Communist regime used the event as a pretext to persecute the Catholic Church. In April 2013, the Czech Bishops' Conference gave consent to Toufar's beatification. However, the process is at the beginning and may last decades. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Conference, mass commemorates priest tortured by Communists in Zeliv

Conference, mass commemorates priest tortured by Communists in Zeliv

Hradec Kralove Bishop Jan Vokal, left, celebrates a mass in memory of the victims of the Communist tyranny in the monastery in Zeliv, Czech Republic, February 22, 2020, within a two-day conference on Czech Catholic priest Josef Toufar (1902-1950), who was killed by the communist secret police (StB). Toufar, who served in Cihost, was investigated by the StB in connection with the Cihost miracle in December 1949 when a cross standing on the main altar of the local church moved several times during his sermon. The Communist regime used the event as a pretext to persecute the Catholic Church. In April 2013, the Czech Bishops' Conference gave consent to Toufar's beatification. However, the process is at the beginning and may last decades. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Conference, mass commemorates priest tortured by Communists in Zeliv

Conference, mass commemorates priest tortured by Communists in Zeliv

A mass in memory of the victims of the Communist tyranny was celebrated in the monastery in Zeliv, Czech Republic, February 22, 2020, within a two-day conference on Czech Catholic priest Josef Toufar (1902-1950), who was killed by the communist secret police (StB). Toufar, who served in Cihost, was investigated by the StB in connection with the Cihost miracle in December 1949 when a cross standing on the main altar of the local church moved several times during his sermon. The Communist regime used the event as a pretext to persecute the Catholic Church. In April 2013, the Czech Bishops' Conference gave consent to Toufar's beatification. However, the process is at the beginning and may last decades. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Conference, mass commemorates priest tortured by Communists in Zeliv

Conference, mass commemorates priest tortured by Communists in Zeliv

A mass in memory of the victims of the Communist tyranny was celebrated in the monastery in Zeliv, Czech Republic, February 22, 2020, within a two-day conference on Czech Catholic priest Josef Toufar (1902-1950), who was killed by the communist secret police (StB). Toufar, who served in Cihost, was investigated by the StB in connection with the Cihost miracle in December 1949 when a cross standing on the main altar of the local church moved several times during his sermon. The Communist regime used the event as a pretext to persecute the Catholic Church. In April 2013, the Czech Bishops' Conference gave consent to Toufar's beatification. However, the process is at the beginning and may last decades. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Conference, mass commemorates priest tortured by Communists in Zeliv

Conference, mass commemorates priest tortured by Communists in Zeliv

Hradec Kralove Bishop Jan Vokal, center, celebrates a mass in memory of the victims of the Communist tyranny in the monastery in Zeliv, Czech Republic, February 22, 2020, within a two-day conference on Czech Catholic priest Josef Toufar (1902-1950), who was killed by the communist secret police (StB). Toufar, who served in Cihost, was investigated by the StB in connection with the Cihost miracle in December 1949 when a cross standing on the main altar of the local church moved several times during his sermon. The Communist regime used the event as a pretext to persecute the Catholic Church. In April 2013, the Czech Bishops' Conference gave consent to Toufar's beatification. However, the process is at the beginning and may last decades. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Conference, mass commemorates priest tortured by Communists in Zeliv

Conference, mass commemorates priest tortured by Communists in Zeliv

A mass in memory of the victims of the Communist tyranny was celebrated in the monastery in Zeliv, Czech Republic, February 22, 2020, within a two-day conference on Czech Catholic priest Josef Toufar (1902-1950), who was killed by the communist secret police (StB). Toufar, who served in Cihost, was investigated by the StB in connection with the Cihost miracle in December 1949 when a cross standing on the main altar of the local church moved several times during his sermon. The Communist regime used the event as a pretext to persecute the Catholic Church. In April 2013, the Czech Bishops' Conference gave consent to Toufar's beatification. However, the process is at the beginning and may last decades. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Conference, mass commemorates priest tortured by Communists in Zeliv

Conference, mass commemorates priest tortured by Communists in Zeliv

Hradec Kralove Bishop Jan Vokal, left, celebrates a mass in memory of the victims of the Communist tyranny in the monastery in Zeliv, Czech Republic, February 22, 2020, within a two-day conference on Czech Catholic priest Josef Toufar (1902-1950), who was killed by the communist secret police (StB). Toufar, who served in Cihost, was investigated by the StB in connection with the Cihost miracle in December 1949 when a cross standing on the main altar of the local church moved several times during his sermon. The Communist regime used the event as a pretext to persecute the Catholic Church. In April 2013, the Czech Bishops' Conference gave consent to Toufar's beatification. However, the process is at the beginning and may last decades. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Conference, mass commemorates priest tortured by Communists in Zeliv

Conference, mass commemorates priest tortured by Communists in Zeliv

Hradec Kralove Bishop Jan Vokal, right, celebrates a mass in memory of the victims of the Communist tyranny in the monastery in Zeliv, Czech Republic, February 22, 2020, within a two-day conference on Czech Catholic priest Josef Toufar (1902-1950), who was killed by the communist secret police (StB). Toufar, who served in Cihost, was investigated by the StB in connection with the Cihost miracle in December 1949 when a cross standing on the main altar of the local church moved several times during his sermon. The Communist regime used the event as a pretext to persecute the Catholic Church. In April 2013, the Czech Bishops' Conference gave consent to Toufar's beatification. However, the process is at the beginning and may last decades. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Conference, mass commemorates priest tortured by Communists in Zeliv

Conference, mass commemorates priest tortured by Communists in Zeliv

Hradec Kralove Bishop Jan Vokal, center, celebrates a mass in memory of the victims of the Communist tyranny in the monastery in Zeliv, Czech Republic, February 22, 2020, within a two-day conference on Czech Catholic priest Josef Toufar (1902-1950), who was killed by the communist secret police (StB). Toufar, who served in Cihost, was investigated by the StB in connection with the Cihost miracle in December 1949 when a cross standing on the main altar of the local church moved several times during his sermon. The Communist regime used the event as a pretext to persecute the Catholic Church. In April 2013, the Czech Bishops' Conference gave consent to Toufar's beatification. However, the process is at the beginning and may last decades. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Conference, mass commemorates priest tortured by Communists in Zeliv

Conference, mass commemorates priest tortured by Communists in Zeliv

Hradec Kralove Bishop Jan Vokal, left, celebrates a mass in memory of the victims of the Communist tyranny in the monastery in Zeliv, Czech Republic, February 22, 2020, within a two-day conference on Czech Catholic priest Josef Toufar (1902-1950), who was killed by the communist secret police (StB). Toufar, who served in Cihost, was investigated by the StB in connection with the Cihost miracle in December 1949 when a cross standing on the main altar of the local church moved several times during his sermon. The Communist regime used the event as a pretext to persecute the Catholic Church. In April 2013, the Czech Bishops' Conference gave consent to Toufar's beatification. However, the process is at the beginning and may last decades. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Conference, mass commemorates priest tortured by Communists in Zeliv

Conference, mass commemorates priest tortured by Communists in Zeliv

Hradec Kralove Bishop Jan Vokal celebrates a mass in memory of the victims of the Communist tyranny in the monastery in Zeliv, Czech Republic, February 22, 2020, within a two-day conference on Czech Catholic priest Josef Toufar (1902-1950), who was killed by the communist secret police (StB). Toufar, who served in Cihost, was investigated by the StB in connection with the Cihost miracle in December 1949 when a cross standing on the main altar of the local church moved several times during his sermon. The Communist regime used the event as a pretext to persecute the Catholic Church. In April 2013, the Czech Bishops' Conference gave consent to Toufar's beatification. However, the process is at the beginning and may last decades. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

A mass in the Cihost village church, Czech Republic, on December 15, 2019, marked 70 years since the Cihost miracle, the altar cross's alleged movement on its own, which triggered a the Communist regime's crackdown on the Catholic Church in former Czechoslovakia. During priest Josef Toufar's sermon in the Cihost Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on the third Advent Sunday in 1949, the believers noticed that the iron cross on the altar repeatedly moved on its own. The Communists used the case to start a wave of repressions against the Church. Toufar died of the consequences of torture on February 25, 1950. On the photo is seen theologian, educator and writer Marek Vacha, left. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

A mass in the Cihost village church, Czech Republic, on December 15, 2019, marked 70 years since the Cihost miracle, the altar cross's alleged movement on its own, which triggered a the Communist regime's crackdown on the Catholic Church in former Czechoslovakia. During priest Josef Toufar's sermon in the Cihost Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on the third Advent Sunday in 1949, the believers noticed that the iron cross on the altar repeatedly moved on its own. The Communists used the case to start a wave of repressions against the Church. Toufar died of the consequences of torture on February 25, 1950. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

A mass in the Cihost village church, Czech Republic, on December 15, 2019, marked 70 years since the Cihost miracle, the altar cross's alleged movement on its own, which triggered a the Communist regime's crackdown on the Catholic Church in former Czechoslovakia. During priest Josef Toufar's sermon in the Cihost Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on the third Advent Sunday in 1949, the believers noticed that the iron cross on the altar repeatedly moved on its own. The Communists used the case to start a wave of repressions against the Church. Toufar died of the consequences of torture on February 25, 1950. On the photo is seen witness of Josef Toufar. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

A mass in the Cihost village church, Czech Republic, on December 15, 2019, marked 70 years since the Cihost miracle, the altar cross's alleged movement on its own, which triggered a the Communist regime's crackdown on the Catholic Church in former Czechoslovakia. During priest Josef Toufar's sermon in the Cihost Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on the third Advent Sunday in 1949, the believers noticed that the iron cross on the altar repeatedly moved on its own. The Communists used the case to start a wave of repressions against the Church. Toufar died of the consequences of torture on February 25, 1950. On the photo is seen priest Tomas Petracek, left. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

A mass in the Cihost village church, Czech Republic, on December 15, 2019, marked 70 years since the Cihost miracle, the altar cross's alleged movement on its own, which triggered a the Communist regime's crackdown on the Catholic Church in former Czechoslovakia. During priest Josef Toufar's sermon in the Cihost Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on the third Advent Sunday in 1949, the believers noticed that the iron cross on the altar repeatedly moved on its own. The Communists used the case to start a wave of repressions against the Church. Toufar died of the consequences of torture on February 25, 1950. On the photo speaks priest Tomas Petracek. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

A mass in the Cihost village church, Czech Republic, on December 15, 2019, marked 70 years since the Cihost miracle, the altar cross's alleged movement on its own, which triggered a the Communist regime's crackdown on the Catholic Church in former Czechoslovakia. During priest Josef Toufar's sermon in the Cihost Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on the third Advent Sunday in 1949, the believers noticed that the iron cross on the altar repeatedly moved on its own. The Communists used the case to start a wave of repressions against the Church. Toufar died of the consequences of torture on February 25, 1950. On the photo is seen theologian, educator and writer Marek Vacha. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

A mass in the Cihost village church, Czech Republic, on December 15, 2019, marked 70 years since the Cihost miracle, the altar cross's alleged movement on its own, which triggered a the Communist regime's crackdown on the Catholic Church in former Czechoslovakia. During priest Josef Toufar's sermon in the Cihost Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on the third Advent Sunday in 1949, the believers noticed that the iron cross on the altar repeatedly moved on its own. The Communists used the case to start a wave of repressions against the Church. Toufar died of the consequences of torture on February 25, 1950. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

A mass in the Cihost village church, Czech Republic, on December 15, 2019, marked 70 years since the Cihost miracle, the altar cross's alleged movement on its own, which triggered a the Communist regime's crackdown on the Catholic Church in former Czechoslovakia. During priest Josef Toufar's sermon in the Cihost Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on the third Advent Sunday in 1949, the believers noticed that the iron cross on the altar repeatedly moved on its own. The Communists used the case to start a wave of repressions against the Church. Toufar died of the consequences of torture on February 25, 1950. On the photo is seen theologian, educator and writer Marek Vacha, right. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

A mass in the Cihost village church, Czech Republic, on December 15, 2019, marked 70 years since the Cihost miracle, the altar cross's alleged movement on its own, which triggered a the Communist regime's crackdown on the Catholic Church in former Czechoslovakia. During priest Josef Toufar's sermon in the Cihost Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on the third Advent Sunday in 1949, the believers noticed that the iron cross on the altar repeatedly moved on its own. The Communists used the case to start a wave of repressions against the Church. Toufar died of the consequences of torture on February 25, 1950. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

A mass in the Cihost village church, Czech Republic, on December 15, 2019, marked 70 years since the Cihost miracle, the altar cross's alleged movement on its own, which triggered a the Communist regime's crackdown on the Catholic Church in former Czechoslovakia. During priest Josef Toufar's sermon in the Cihost Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on the third Advent Sunday in 1949, the believers noticed that the iron cross on the altar repeatedly moved on its own. The Communists used the case to start a wave of repressions against the Church. Toufar died of the consequences of torture on February 25, 1950. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

A mass in the Cihost village church, Czech Republic, on December 15, 2019, marked 70 years since the Cihost miracle, the altar cross's alleged movement on its own, which triggered a the Communist regime's crackdown on the Catholic Church in former Czechoslovakia. During priest Josef Toufar's sermon in the Cihost Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on the third Advent Sunday in 1949, the believers noticed that the iron cross on the altar repeatedly moved on its own. The Communists used the case to start a wave of repressions against the Church. Toufar died of the consequences of torture on February 25, 1950. On the photo are seen L-R theologian, educator and writer Marek Vacha, parson Pavel Jager and priest Tomas Petracek. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

A mass in the Cihost village church, Czech Republic, on December 15, 2019, marked 70 years since the Cihost miracle, the altar cross's alleged movement on its own, which triggered a the Communist regime's crackdown on the Catholic Church in former Czechoslovakia. During priest Josef Toufar's sermon in the Cihost Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on the third Advent Sunday in 1949, the believers noticed that the iron cross on the altar repeatedly moved on its own. The Communists used the case to start a wave of repressions against the Church. Toufar died of the consequences of torture on February 25, 1950. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

Mass commemorates Cihost event followed by crackdown on church

A mass in the Cihost village church, Czech Republic, on December 15, 2019, marked 70 years since the Cihost miracle, the altar cross's alleged movement on its own, which triggered a the Communist regime's crackdown on the Catholic Church in former Czechoslovakia. During priest Josef Toufar's sermon in the Cihost Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on the third Advent Sunday in 1949, the believers noticed that the iron cross on the altar repeatedly moved on its own. The Communists used the case to start a wave of repressions against the Church. Toufar died of the consequences of torture on February 25, 1950. On the photo is seen theologian, educator and writer Marek Vacha. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Cihost, church, miracle

Cihost, church, miracle

***FILE PHOTO*** Altar cross in catholic church in Cihost, Czech Republic. Place of Cihost's miracle that happened during the saint mass leaded by local vicar Josef Toufar in 1949. Pictured September 5, 1994. (CTK Photo/Jan Trestik)

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Cihost, church, miracle

Cihost, church, miracle

***FILE PHOTO*** Catholic church in Cihost, Czech Republic. Place of Cihost's miracle that happened during the saint mass leaded by local vicar Josef Toufar in 1949. Pictured March 20, 2010. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Cihost, church, miracle

Cihost, church, miracle

***FILE PHOTO*** Catholic church in Cihost, Czech Republic. Place of Cihost's miracle that happened during the saint mass leaded by local vicar Josef Toufar in 1949. Pictured December 11, 1999. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Cihost, church, miracle, altar cross

Cihost, church, miracle, altar cross

***FILE PHOTO*** Altar cross in catholic church in Cihost, Czech Republic. Place of Cihost's miracle that happened during the saint mass leaded by local vicar Josef Toufar in 1949. Pictured December 11, 1999. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

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Cihost, church, Assumption of the Virgin Mary, miracle

Cihost, church, Assumption of the Virgin Mary, miracle

***FILE PHOTO*** Catholic church in Cihost, Czech Republic. Place of Cihost's miracle that happened during the saint mass leaded by local vicar Josef Toufar in 1949. Pictured on April 6, 2012. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Cihost, church, Assumption of the Virgin Mary, miracle

Cihost, church, Assumption of the Virgin Mary, miracle

***FILE PHOTO*** Catholic church in Cihost, Czech Republic. Place of Cihost's miracle that happened during the saint mass leaded by local vicar Josef Toufar in 1949. Pictured on April 6, 2012. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Cihost, church, Assumption of the Virgin Mary, miracle

Cihost, church, Assumption of the Virgin Mary, miracle

***FILE PHOTO*** Catholic church in Cihost, Czech Republic. Place of Cihost's miracle that happened during the saint mass leaded by local vicar Josef Toufar in 1949. Pictured on April 6, 2012. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Cihost, church, miracle, grave, Josef Toufar

Cihost, church, miracle, grave, Josef Toufar

***FILE PHOTO*** Grave of Josef Toufar near to catholic church in Cihost, Czech Republic. Place of Cihost's miracle that happened during the saint mass leaded by local vicar Josef Toufar in 1949. Pictured on April 6, 2012. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Cihost, church, Assumption of the Virgin Mary, miracle

Cihost, church, Assumption of the Virgin Mary, miracle

***FILE PHOTO*** Catholic church in Cihost, Czech Republic. Place of Cihost's miracle that happened during the saint mass leaded by local vicar Josef Toufar in 1949. Pictured on July 1, 2011. (CTK Photo/Martin Sterba)

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Cihost, church, Assumption of the Virgin Mary, miracle

Cihost, church, Assumption of the Virgin Mary, miracle

***FILE PHOTO*** Catholic church in Cihost, Czech Republic. Place of Cihost's miracle that happened during the saint mass leaded by local vicar Josef Toufar in 1949. Pictured on July 1, 2011. (CTK Photo/Martin Sterba)

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