He said the Prague Castle Administration has received information from the St Vitus' Metropolitan Chapter in Prague that the chapter accepts the agreed text of the agreement. "The chapter accepts the agreed version of the agreement on the joint operation of St Vitus' Cathedral and is ready to sign the agreement on January 24 or 25.
The Prague Castle Administration is fully prepared to sign the agreement and it agrees with the signature date," Hajek said in a press release. The Presidential Office promised to sign the agreement last April already, Cardinal Miloslav Vlk said in the Questions of Vaclav Moravec discussion Czech president to appoint Liska education minister on Tuesday ...
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Right extremists must not march through Prague - court ... programme on Czech Television on Sunday. He also said the church handed the cathedral to Prague Castle, but that problems with the inner furnishings that undoubtedly belong to the church have not been solved. The agreement would settle a 15-year-old dispute between the state and church over the ownership of the cathedral. The most recently the Catholic Church filed an appellate review of a Prague district court verdict of September 2007 according to which the cathedral and adjacent real property belong to the state. The Prague City Court will deal with the case for a third time. Vlk agreed on Sunday with Culture Minister Vaclav Jehlicka that the cathedral should not be part of the prepared bill on property settlement between the state and churches because it is one building only. The government approved the bill basics today.
(Ceske Noviny)
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