"The Czech Republic is a small country of eleven million inhabitants. Christians make up about one third of the population. If the Holy Father decided to come to visit such a small country, with so few believers, he was urged only by apostolic love."
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Miloslav Vlk
Miloslav Vlk (17 May 1932 – 18 March 2017) was a Czech prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of České Budějovice and as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Prague.
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