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Czech Communists Open Church Door
Czechoslovakia's new Communist government began preliminary talks with the Vatican on church state relations. The talks could enable exiled Cardinal Beran to return to Prague and address broad religious freedom demands including resuming religious teaching and reopening monasteries. Bishop Tomasek reports to Pope Paul VI on the situation. Easter appeals urged regime to honor religious freedom, with calls for equal citizen rights and limited state supervision.
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Hans Benedict
Rome
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Prague
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Stefan Trochta
Litomerice
Catholic Peoples Party Daily
Trochta