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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Karel Janicek

Cardinal Dominik Duka, former Prague archbishop, dies at 82

Czech Obit Duka - (AP)

Cardinal Dominik Duka, a former Archbishop of Prague who was persecuted by the communist regime and later helped negotiate compensation for churches for property seized during that era, has died.

Duka died early Tuesday at a hospital in Prague, the Prague Archdiocese said in a statement. He was 82. The cause of death was not given.

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