Supreme Court overturns earlier decisions on St Vitus Cathedral

The Supreme Court has overturned a lower instance court decision that returned Prague's famous St Vitus Cathedral to the Roman Catholic Church last year. In 2005 a local court first ruled that the Catholic Church's property rights had never been cancelled under communism, a decision later confirmed by an appeals court. The cathedral was officially given back last September. But Friday's decision by the Supreme Court criticised the earlier rulings on legal grounds, now returning the case to the district level. The Church has reacted by saying it has not received official confirmation yet.