Czech Republic: St. Vitus Cathedral belongs to Catholic Church, court says

Czech Republic: St. Vitus Cathedral belongs to Catholic Church, court says

The Catholic Church and the Czech government have long fought over rights to the famed ancient Gothic cathedral, which the country's communist government handed over to the state in the 1950s. The transfer, however, was never properly registered.

Judge Vladimir Fucik of Prague municipal court upheld an October 2005 lower court ruling saying the cathedral and adjacent buildings belong to the church. The state had appealed that verdict, the AP reports.