Cardinal Vlk urges Czechs to re-embrace spiritual values

Serving mass at St. Vitus’ Cathedral on Saturday, just days before the country’s freedom anniversary, Cardinal Miloslav Vlk said the Velvet Revolution had provided a fine opportunity to re-embrace spiritual values along with the country’s newfound freedom. He said Czechs had failed to take advantage of it, becoming excessively materialistic in the past twenty years. The Cardinal said that St. Agnes, who was canonized by Pope John Paul twenty years ago this week, could serve as a fine example to the public. A princess of royal blood, Agnes gave up her birthright and a life of luxury in order to live a life of piety and care for the needy.