Pope recalls evils of Communism

Pope Benedict XVI recalled the evils of the communist era today as he began a three-day pilgrimage to the Czech Republic, and he urged the fiercely secular nation to rediscover its Christian roots.

At a welcome ceremony at Prague’s Ruzyne International Airport, the 82-year-old pope spoke of how the communist regime overthrown in 1989 ruthlessly persecuted the Roman Catholic Church.