Cardinal Miloslav Vlk of Prague has rejected a proposal that would allow the Catholic Church to administer the city's cathedral along with the Czech government.The proposal for joint administration is "another attempt at nationalization," Cardinal Vlk said.The Communist government seized the cathedral illegally, he explained; now government officials are proposing a form of seizure under cover of law.
The cardinal was reacting to proposals made by political leaders after a Czech court ruled that St. Vitus cathedral belongs to the government.
The Prague archdiocese plans to appeal the ruling.
The cathedral, which was seized in 1954 by the Communist government of what was then Czechoslovakia, is located in a castle traditionally controlled by Czech kings, and now by the nation's government.
For the past 6 years, the administrators of the Prague castle have been battling with the Catholic archdiocese for control of the building. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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