Papal envoy to be present at commemoration of death of Jan Hus

Papal envoy to be present at commemoration of death of Jan Hus


Catholic World News - May 04, 2015


Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Miloslav Vlk, the retired archbishop of Prague, as his special envoy for the commemoration of the 600th anniversary of the death of Jan Hus.

The Bohemian priest was burned at the stake for heresy, and in 1999 Pope St . John Paul II expressed regret for his death.

“On the eve of the Great Jubilee, I feel obliged to express deep regret for the cruel death inflicted on Jan Hus and the resulting wound, a source of conflict and division which was thus opened in the minds and hearts of the Bohemian people,” he said.

The commemoration will take place in Prague on July 5 and 6.

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