The life of Fr. Josef Toufar was brought to the Vatican 70 years after his death, in the form of a book and documentary. It is a way for Catholics to get to know the Czechoslovakian priest and martyr, who was tortured and died under Communist rule.<\/p>\n
PATRICK DIVIS<\/strong> MILOS DOLEZAL<\/strong> This torture was spurred by a miracle in his parish of a cross moving on the altar. It drew Communist attention and they accused Fr. Josef of making it all up. <\/p>\n Despite the torture, the priest never spoke and was killed as a result. He was buried in a secret tomb, so pilgrims couldn't find him. <\/p>\n MILOS DOLEZAL<\/strong> Years later, Fr. Josef's tomb was moved. It is now a pilgrimage site, where prayers are offered in remembrance of him and in memory of the Communists who took his life back in 1950.<\/p>\n Melissa Butz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" May 3, 2020. The Vatican recalls life of Czechoslovakian priest tortured under Communist rule with a book and documentary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KIzRL07i8vs","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bczechpjosefeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bczechpjosefint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46679"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nProducer, Documentary \u201cIf we were to Die Today\u201d
\n \u201cHe served as a paster in Czechoslovakia from 1940-1950 and it was during the Communist regime. It was all about the fight of the Communist regime against the Catholic Church. He was a hero because he didn't say anything. He didn't confess anything and before he died, he was beaten to the death.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nAuthor, Book \u201cIf we were to Die Today\u201d
\n \u201cIt is a very elementary story, in the sense that totalitarian communist power arrested an ordinary rural priest, tortured him, put on him a mask of a criminal, murdered him and then buried him like a dog on the outskirts of Prague.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nAuthor, Book \u201cIf we were to Die Today\u201d
\nThe film is a narrative about the story of Josef Toufar. It is told by a member of the state police Robert Skerl, who was one of his torturers, but repented of his actions. Later he left the secret police, and got a civilian job. <\/em><\/p>\n