Czechs Turn ‘Symbol of Division’ Into Ground for Catholic-Protestant Unity

A monument stands at Bílá Hora (“White Mountain”) outside Prague, the Czech Republic, site of the 1620 battle that ended Bohemian Protestant resistance against the Habsburgs.

The May 8 gatherings, organized by lay groups around a reconciliation cross, mark a shift in how the Czech Republic, one of Europe’s most secular countries, lives with a historic religious wound.

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