Pope visits Czechs - but faith-wise, few are mates

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'PRAGUE – Pope Benedict XVI begins a three-day pilgrimage Saturday to the Czech Republic, where people increasingly have become cool to religion since overthrowing a communist regime that ruthlessly persecuted the Roman Catholic Church.

Scores of pilgrims poured into Prague on the eve of the nation's first papal visit in a dozen years. But most Czechs seemed to shrug it off as irrelevant — and some were openly hostile.

"When I think about his old-fashioned, even nonsensical views of the world, you can't expect me to be among those who will line the streets to greet him," said Veronika Kucerova, 34.

"It's just a waste of money," added Kveta Tomasovicova, 56, who works at Prague's National Library. "At a time of economic crisis, when our salaries are going down, the visit is a useless investment."' (AP)

source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090926/ap_on_re_eu/eu_czech_pope


i agree with you, Veronika. and more than the communist brainwash, the catholic church should blame itself for long continual historical suicidal attempts.
and suicide is still a serious sin - it may cost the church the paradise even.

whatever - the feeling of the catholic weakness spreads all over the world.