Cardinal Miloslav Vlk challenged the handing of the cathedral to the Presidential Office last week, arguing that the documents were not signed. The Presidential Office expects to meet church representatives next week to discuss issues concerning the joint administration of the cathedral. In late March the Prague Castle Administration and the Metropolitan Chapter agreed on a joint regime of running the cathedral. The church vs state dispute over the ownership of the cathedral, expropriated by the communist regime in the 1950s, has lasted for 14 years. This February the Supreme Court abrogated the previous lower level court verdicts that adjudged the cathedral to the Church.
The district court's next meeting over the case is scheduled for May 3. St Vitus Cathedral is both the symbol of Czech statehood and the church of the Prague Catholic Archdiocese.
(Ceske Noviny)
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