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Romani community member and recovered COVID-19 patient Robert Markovič, Czech Republic. (PHOTO: znesnaze.cz)
Fundraiser underway in Czech Republic for Romani taxi driver who was one of the country's first serious COVID-19 patients
29.12.2020 15:18 full story
How Easter has been celebrated among Roma of Slovak or Vlax origin in the Czech Republic
21.4.2019 16:33 full story
Czech courts definitively acquit publisher of Salafist book of promoting a movement against human rights
18.2.2019 10:18 full story
First Romani woman and second Romani person in history will be beatified this Saturday: Emilia Fernández Rodríguez
28.3.2017 17:06 News server Vatican Insider reports that Cardinal Angelo Amato from the Congregation for the Causes of Saints will declare the Romani woman Emilia Fernández Rodríguez beatified during Saturday's religious service in the Spanish town of Aguadulce. She will be the first Romani woman ever to be given that designation. full story
Czech Republic: Romani faithful gather for traditional pilgrimage
18.9.2016 12:32 Roughly 400 Romani people from all over the Czech Republic and Slovakia gathered yesterday at Svatý Kopeček near Olomouc for their traditional pilgrimage. The event is organized by the Charita NGO in Olomouc and has a long tradition.full story

Drahomír Radek Horváth: Criticizing the Pope's reception of Romani people is disgraceful
30.11.2015 4:27 On 26 October 2015 Pope Francis met with several thousand Roma and Sinti. "The aim of this event is to remind Romani people and the entire community that the Church is open to those who live on the outskirts of society," the Vatican communicated ahead of the meeting. full story
Pope Francis to Roma: Your nation deserves a new story
27.10.2015 10:11 Yesterday Pope Francis received more than 5 000 Romani people from the Americas, Asia and Europe at the Vatican. The meeting was part of the International Pilgrimage of Gypsies, organized by the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples from 23 to 26 October on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of a visit paid to Romani people in Pomezia, Italy, by Pope Paul VI. full story