{"id":3580,"date":"2018-03-05T09:45:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T08:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/?p=3580"},"modified":"2020-02-04T19:37:26","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T18:37:26","slug":"president-zeman-calls-on-pope-to-extend-archbishop-cardinal-dukas-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/president-zeman-calls-on-pope-to-extend-archbishop-cardinal-dukas-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"President Zeman Calls On Pope To Extend Archbishop Cardinal Duka&#8217;s Mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article\">\n<p>Czech President Milo\u0161 Zeman sent a letter to Pope Francis on Wednesday requesting to extend Cardinal Dominik Duka\u2019s mandate as archbishop of Prague.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The president reacted to an initiative of a hundred Catholic laymen who had petitioned Pope Francis not to extend the archbishop\u2019s tenure, criticizing the church for alleged nationalist tendencies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In his letter addressed to the Pope, Mr Zeman wrote that Cardinal Duka has contributed to removing barriers between the Church and State. He also mentioned Duka\u2019s past as a political prisoner in Communist Czechoslovakia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cardinal Dominik Duka, who has been serving as Prague Archbishop since 2010, will have to officially submit his resignation in April, when he turns 75. 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