Coincidentally 5 years later. March 10. 1951. His Excellency was unlawfully deported from his see in Prague. According to the State Bureau of Church Affairs ir. Prague he was deported for "his negative stand toward new church laws in Czechoslovakia." This event climaxed the Calvary of the Catholic Church in Czechoslovakia. it marks the coup detat by which the State usurped power to dominate the affairs of the Catholic Church. And so masterfully and subtly was it effected that it became for other satellite countries the policy and pattern of Communist perfidy. To speak of the Calvary of that country of which Archbishop Beran is the symbol of persecuted freedom is my honor today. and the overtones of sadness attending this dual anniversary are relieved in part by considering that I speak in the sanctuary. as it were. of the great American Constitution that safeguards freedom for its own people. that I speak to the legislative body of a nation dedicated by justice and its present position as world leader to protest the violation of that freedom in other nations as well.
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