Czech justice minister received by Pope

The Czech justice minister Jiří Pospíšil met Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday, and confirmed that the head of the Catholic Church would be visiting the Czech Republic in September this year. At the meeting, the Pope said he was looking forward to his visit, but that the actual dates of the trip still had to be discussed. Mr Pospíšil was visiting the Vatican as a representative of the European Union, over which the Czech Republic currently presides.