Czech priests executed by communist regime beatified as martyrs in Brno

Photo: Patrik Uhlíř, ČTK

Two Czech Roman Catholic priests killed by the communist regime were beatified in Brno at the weekend. Jan Bula and Václav Drbola were hanged after a show trial in the 1950s, the darkest decade of the totalitarian era.

Clerics Jan Bula and Václav Drbola were beatified as martyrs in front of over 13,000 people in a hall at Brno’s Exhibition Grounds on Saturday afternoon.

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Author: Ian Willoughby