US EditionCardinal Dominik Jaroslav Duka, O.P. - The College of Cardinals Report
- On 04/11/2025, Cardinal Dominik Duka, Archbishop Emeritus of Prague, died early Tuesday in a Prague hospital, the Prague Archdiocese reported.
- Persecuted under the communist regime, Dominik Duka was banned from priestly functions in the 1970s and spent 15 months in prison in the 1980s, where he met Václav Havel.
- Duka helped negotiate a law returning assets to Czech churches of 17 denominations valued at $3.3 billion and a $3 billion plan over 30 years, serving as Archbishop of Prague from 2010 to 2022.
- Accusations of protecting paedophile priests shadowed his career, and critics accused Duka of downplaying clerical abuse and calling COVID-19 `a biological weapon`, critics and courts allege.
- Prime Minister Petr Fiala praised Cardinal Dominik Duka's bravery under totalitarianism and his role in renewing the church in the 10.9 million-person Czech Republic.
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Czech cardinal who resisted communism mourned
Catholic leaders in Central Europe paid tribute Tuesday to an outspoken Czech cardinal who was jailed under communism and helped to rebuild the Church after the collapse of the Soviet bloc.Cardinal Dominik Duka, pictured in 2012. Petr Šálek/Prague archdiocese/wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0.Cardinal Dominik Duka, O.P., who led the Prague archdiocese from 2010 to 2022, died Nov. 4, at the age of 82, days after he was re-admitted to the city’s Central Mili…
On Tuesday, November 4, at three o'clock in the morning, Cardinal Dominik Duka OP, Archbishop Emeritus of Prague, was called to eternity by the Lord of life at the age of 82. ...
Duke died at the age of 82.
Novinky.cz
Cardinal Dominik Duka has died at the age of 82. The Prague Archbishopric announced this on its website. A book of condolences will be open in the Archbishop's Palace from Tuesday noon.
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