Cardinal hits out at priest’s plan to take part in Prague Pride events

The head of the Czech Roman Catholic Church, Dominik Duka, has criticised priest Tomáš Halík’s plan to take part in events linked to the Prague Pride GLBT festival next month. Mr. Halík is due to host a discussion on the harassment of gays in the church and the screening of a documentary on a Polish homosexual priest. In a statement, Cardinal Duka said it would be inappropriate to hold those events as they were connected to a pride parade in which most participants were not Christians and were uninterested in improving relations with the church. Four years ago Mr. Halík described the parade as “fireworks of tastelessness and obscenity”.

Author: Ian Willoughby