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Pilgrimage to Rome for the Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia: Causes of Tolerance of Public Authorities in Relation to Pilgrimage
Vlasák, Jan ; Rákosník, Jakub (advisor) ; Spurný, Matěj (referee)
This study deals with the pilgrimage to canonization of Agnes of Bohemia to Rome, which took place at the half of November 1989. It tries to provide answer to the question, why so many pilgrims were allowed to travel there, when in other cases the communist power was acting strictly against such events. At the beginning, Saint Agnes is introduced, including her importance as a historical character. Then pilgrimages under communism are analysed including the most common methods used by the regime to fight those events and functionality of those methods. After that, broader relationships between Czechoslovak state and Vatican are shown as well as the influence of pope John Paul II. on the pilgrimage. Finally, the official picture of this event, shown by the state newspapers, is presented, and also the interpretation of this event, compared with interpretation of similar events. The study is focusing primarily on the motives and argumentation of official authorities. Key words: St. Agnes, Pilgrimage, Central Committee of Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, State Security, Catholic Church, The Primate of Bohemia.
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