Cardinal Dominik Duka has faced criticism after celebrating a funeral Mass in Prague for the murdered American political activist Charlie Kirk.
The Requiem Mass was held on Tuesday at the Church of Our Lady before Týn on Old Town Square and drew several hundred people, including politicians. Organisers said mourners would be invited to lay wreaths and mourning ribbons at the nearby Marian Column after the service.
Demonstrators gathered outside the church, holding banners that described Kirk as a “fascist, racist and sexist” and shouting “shame” as the 82-year-old retired archbishop arrived to celebrate the Requiem. Police intervened after a scuffle between supporters and opponents shortly before the Mass.
