Stock Photo - Dominik Duka, Prague Archbishop and primate of the Czech Catholic Church, commemorated the 65th anniversary of the death of Czech Catholic priest Josef Toufar, who was killed by the communist secret police (StB), during a mass celebrated in a church in Cihost, Czech Republic, February 22, 2015. . Toufar, who served in Cihost, was investigated by the StB in connection with the ""Cihost miracle"" in December 1949 when a cross standing on the main altar of the local church moved several times during his sermon. The communist regime used the event as a pretext to persecute the Catholic Church.Toufar was arrested and tortured. The police investigators wanted him to admit that he had moved the cross in order to fake a miracle. Toufar died of a burst stomach ulcer following brutal beating in February 1950 at the age of 47. (CTK Photo/Jaroslav Loskot)

Stock Photo: Dominik Duka, Prague Archbishop and primate of the Czech Catholic Church, commemorated the 65th anniversary of the death of Czech Catholic priest Josef Toufar.

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