Thirty years ago this month, Czechoslovakia saw its first ever papal visit.
Not only was this seen as a symbolic step in the newly post-communist
country, Pope John Paul II also gave acknowledgment to one of the key
One hundred years ago this February, the fledgling state of Czechoslovakia
adopted a constitution guaranteeing equal rights for men and women,
including the right to vote. A few years ahead of that watershed
Professor Milan Fryščák, an important figure in the Czech community in
New York, has passed away with complications related to Covid-19, the
city’s chapter of the Czechoslovak Academy of Arts and Sciences announced
on Facebook.