27 September 2009

A Hundred Thousand Welcome Pope In Czech Republic.

REUTERS VIA NYTIMES/
"Waving national flags from several neighbouring countries, the crowd heard the pope urge people gathered in Brno, the country's second-biggest city to keep God in their lives.
Many in the crowd came from nearby Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to greet the pope in the Czech Republic, where centuries of religious wars and decades of brutal Communist repression have made it one of the world's most secular countries.
The three-day visit is his first trip to the central European country in 12 years and precedes the 20th anniversary in November of the 'Velvet Revolution' that ended decades of Communist totalitarian rule."